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was done in tlie city. It stands lower tlian tlie civil station, and tlio 

 streets being narrow and the houses closely packed together the wind 

 had less power, and there was more protection from the hail. Damao-e 

 of course there was. Tiles were blown off, windows broken and b^l- 

 conies and badly built kiUcha walla shaken or sometimes blown down, 

 but there was nothing like the damage which there was in the civil 

 Station. 



4. The really destructive hail seems to have been confined to a 

 very small area, about six or seven miles round Moradabad. There 

 were slight storms at Thakui-dwara, Bilari, and Sambhar, but nothing 

 of any consequence. The rest of the district appears to have escaped 

 altogether. 



6. There have been up to date 222 inquests on bodies of persons 

 killed in the storm. There are a few more reports in cases in which it 

 was not possible to hold inquests. 230 deaths in all have been reported 

 up to the present time. Ther are no doubt some deaths which have 

 not been reported, but not many. The total mortality may safely be 

 put as under 250. The vast majority of the deaths were caused by 

 the hail. Some were caused by the falling of trees or walls, but those 

 were comparatively few. Men caught in the open and without shelter 

 were simply pounded to death by the hail, 14 bodies were found on the 

 race course, 4 almost immediately in front of the house known as the 

 Collector's. There were no deaths from hail in the city itself and 

 not many in the environments. Most of the deaths were in the bare 

 and level plains round the station where people were caught unawares. 

 More than one marriage party was caught by the storm near the banks 

 of the river and was annihilated. No Europeans were killed. 



6. The police report that 1,600 head of cattle, shee^j, and goats 

 were killed, but probably a good many strays were, as was very natural, 

 put down at first as killed. Beyond the cattle and the damage done to 



lere was not much loss. There were fortunately no crops on 

 id to be destroyed. Most of the grain had been thi>eshed and 

 stored. The grain was blown away from some threshing-floors, but the 

 loss in this way was not considerable. I should not omit to mention 

 that many valuable groves and mango trees have been destroyed. 



7. The most serious damage was done in the Cantonment. I at 

 once offered the ofiicer commanding all the assistance in my power. 

 The Municipal staff which could be spared was deputed to assist in 

 clearing the roads &c., and I procured as many workmen as possible. 

 Owing mainly to Captain Mackenzie's energy all that was possible has 

 been done to remove the signs of the disaster, but it will I fear be 

 many years before Moradabad is itself again. 



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