214 MIDDLEMISS: KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Telegraph Office the previous day. Clock stopped at 6-10, the pendu- 

 lum swing being E. — W. First there was a sound resembling distant 

 thunder, accompanied by a rapid vibration like that experienced 

 when an express train passes a railway platform. Next a distinct shock 

 backwards and forwards for about 35 seconds. Lastly the same sensa- 

 tion as at first. Hanging lamp swung N. — S. exactly, the maximum 

 swing being about 20° out of the vertical on either side. Closed doors 

 were dashing against each other. Chain fastenings rattled. The move- 

 ment did not seem undulatory but a back- and- forth displacement of 

 about 3 inches horizontally. Plastering fell from doorways. No cracks. 

 Water in tub moved N.— S. and also seemed to a small extent to be 

 swirling around. 



Bareilly.— Mi. R. F. Roberts, District Engineer. Time 6-12 A.M. 

 by watch correct with railway time. 



Bareilly. — Durga Prasad Shankhadar, Meteorological Observer. He 

 observed three distinct shocks, the second being the principal, with 20 

 seconds' interval between them. Direction W. — E. by tree opposite. 

 No sound. Giddiness during the second shock. Cracks in N.W. — S.E. 

 walls of Bareilly College and High School, also in N. — S* Walls of Town 

 Hall, and in N.— S. walls of Kotwali building; 



Pilibhit District. 



Pilibhit. — Postmaster and Signaller. Three shocks and trem. vibra- 

 tions for 90 seconds after. Direction N.W. — S.E. by hanging lamp. 

 Three cracks in upper story. Water in tank in great mosque moved 

 and flowed outside (overflowed). 



GROUP 4. 



Hazara District. 

 Abbottahad. — Conductor B. Crowhurst, Telegraph Master. One 

 shock lasting nearly two minutes. The worst he has experienced there 

 where earthquakes are frequent. No trem. vibrations noticed before 

 or after. Direction E. — W. by chimney, the loose stones of which 

 fell E. Motion like a springless cart with loose axles. A succession 



