212 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Meerut. — Mr. R. B. Spilsbury, Assistant Engineer, P. W. D. He 

 noticed a low humming in the air deadened by the shrieking of birds 

 flying in an excited manner. He felt giddy. Poles of mosquito cur- 

 tains waved 4 inches from the vertical E. — W. Trees also swayed 

 E. — W. The shock appeared to be an undulation or roll. He noticed 

 a foieshock at 2 a.m. on the same day. (See p. 356.) 



Meerut.— Mr. F. A. Plomer, Overseer, P. W. D. Time 6-15 a.m. by 

 gun time. One principal shock, a to-and-fro movement continuing for 

 2 J minutes. No trem. vibrations before or after. Direction E. — W. by 

 fall of objects, water in the bath and swaying of chimney stack. He 

 experienced the least difficulty in keeping his balance. Chimney stack 

 4 feet high oscillated 4 or 5 inches. Portico pillar 11 J feet appeared 

 to oscillate 6 or 7 inches. Clay statue 2| feet high on circular base of 

 10 inches diameter fell to the E. In his bungalow and in the charitable 

 dispensary the main long walls running E. — W. had no cracks. But ail 

 cross walls running N. — S. were cracked at the join with the main walls. 

 Also numerous cracks in the Tahsil. Waves in bath tub with 5 inches 

 of water rose 3$ inches. The sound occurred during the main shock 



and for 15 to 20 seconds after. It was like the low rumbling of a train. 



There was no sound bofore. 



Meerut. — Suraj Boli Lai, Sub-Postmaster. There were trem. 



vibrations for 5 seconds, then shocks for 1 minute followed by trem. 



vibrations for 20 seconds. Direction N.W. — S.E. Distinctly felt. 



Table quivered. Doors moved to and fro, also windows opened and 



shut. Walls moved. Small mud jug with ball-shaped base (not flat) 



was circulating about its base with the hands of a watch. 



Meerut.— Riaz Ahmad Hasan, Signaller. Sound like " ghur " 



" slowly but fearfully." One minar of the Mustafa Castle fell. One 



small Masjid fell. 



Meerut. — Mr. W. R. Godfrey, Telegraph Master. He mentions an 



earth- crack 15 yards long running E. — W. in his compound. His office 



walls shook until he thought they could no longer stand it. 



Meerut. — Lieutenant J. K. Knowles, Cantonment Magistrate. He 



mentions among other things a rumbling like thunder and a great wind 



8 seconds before the shock. 



