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and struck wall violently. Sound like a railway train 3 or 4 miles away 

 noticed immediately before the shock. No cracks in buildings. 



Faridkot State. 



Faridkot. — Postmaster. A severe shock lasting 5 minutes. House 

 destroyed, but no loss of life. 



Faridkot City. — Mahomed Ramzam, Sub-Postmaster. He was lying 

 down in an upper storey. There were, first; a slight tremor ; second, 

 a great shock partly divided into two parts by either a slackening in the 

 continuous shock or a distinct break ; third, distinct, trem. vibrations. 

 Direction N.W. — S.E. It was distinctly felt. Nearly every " pacca " 

 house in the town suffered. There were cracks in walls, minarets fell: 

 No damage to " kacha " houses. No loss of life. Sound just before 

 or more correctly along with the great shock, like the rumbling of a 

 train. 



Kot-Kapura. — Ramchand, Sub-Postmaster. Second shocks " hardly " 

 ( ? severely) felt. Duration about 5 minutes. No damage. 



Patiala State. 



Bhatinda. — Maqbul Elahi, Post and Telegraph Master. There was 

 first 1 heavy shock lasting 2 minutes. Then 1 minute interval, followed 

 by 4 small shocks with intervals of 30 or 40 seconds between. Direction 

 N.W.— S.E. Distinctly felt. Telegraph wires danced on posts. Wag- 

 gons in railway yard were shivering. Walls trembled. Birds flew 

 high and made much noise. No damage except few cracks. Sound 

 like a running train, during the big shock. 



Dhakal. — Two shocks distinctly felt. Direction N. — S. No effects, 

 no sound. 



Kanaud. — S. N. Chatterjee, Telegraph Master. There were 2 dis- 

 tinct to-and-fro movements, followed by 3 less distinct up-and-down 

 movements. The first were fairly intense, but the up-and-down 

 motions were not generally noticed as they were confounded with the 

 main shocks. Trem. vibrations after for a few seconds. Direction 

 N.— S. Telegraph table and chair rocked violently and drowned the 



