Though the church structure survived the 1905 Kangra earthquake , which killed close to 19,800 people , injured thousands in the Kangra area , and destroyed most buildings in Kangra , Mcleodganj and Dharamshala ; its spire , Bell tower , was destroyed . Later , a new bell , cast in 1915 by Mears and Stainbank , was brought from England and installed outside in the compound of the church
1905 Kangra earthquake
1905 Kangra earthquake
St. John in the Wilderness Church