250 MIDDLKMISS: KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Baluchistan. 



Quetta. — Shiawakshaw Pherozeshaw, Government Contractor. Time 

 in the morning. Felt very slightly. No cracks, etc. 



Quetta.— The Civil Surgeon. Not felt. 



Dhadur (near Sibi). — Major H. L. Showers, Political Agent. Not 

 felt. 



Khost. — Manager, N.-W. State Railway. Not felt', but a lady at 

 Slu,rig, 10 miles away, felt it slightly. 



Bombay. 



From the province of Bombay we have only received a few earth- 

 quake forms, frequently not more than one for each district. Most of 

 these therefore may be grouped together. Forms from the following 

 places recorded that the shock was not felt : — Bombay town itself, 

 Kolaba (although Mr. N. A. F. Moos, Director of the Government 

 Observatory, has furnished a full account of the seismographic record, 

 see p. 290), Deesa (Palanpur District), Karachi, Veeraval (Kathiawar 

 District), Malegaon (Nasik District), Hyderabad (Sind), Jacobabad 

 (Shikarpur District), Sind. Subjoined °are summaries of forms sent in 

 from places where the shock was more or less felt. 



Ahmedabad City (Ahmedabad District). — Amichand Ambalal Modi, 

 Head Clerk, Municipal Resident's Office, and Meteorological Observer. 

 Time about 6-10. There were 2 or 3 to-and-fro movements as "if 

 he had faints." Direction N. — S. judging from the flow of water 

 in tanks. It was hardly felt. Partition walls, 9 inches thick, in the 

 middle of water tanks of mills fell down about 8 feet irom top towards 

 S. Tank water overflowed towards S. 



Ahmedabad City (Ahmedabad District). — Mr. A. R. Spencer, Assist- 

 ant Engineer, P. W. D., also gives further details of these tanks. They 

 were 150 feet across. The partitions were I3| in. thick, of burnt brick 

 and lime masonry, and the water oh each side of the partition was at 

 the same level, kept so by connecting arched openings. The water ,s 

 described as having first risen on the N. side, then heaved to tne 



