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  pass, 
  the 
  Dak 
  bungalow, 
  a 
  stone 
  structure 
  with 
  roof 
  of 
  wood 
  shingles, 
  collapsed 
  

   entirely, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  ddbris 
  falling 
  to 
  the 
  eastward. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  Below 
  Yatung, 
  the 
  barrier 
  wall 
  built 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  roofed 
  over 
  the 
  parapet 
  

   with 
  wood 
  shingles, 
  was 
  thrown 
  down 
  in 
  part 
  and 
  otherwise 
  shattered, 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   end 
  coming 
  to 
  most 
  grief. 
  

  

  "3. 
  Over 
  a 
  mile 
  below, 
  the 
  Ka 
  Govi 
  monastery, 
  situated 
  on 
  a 
  spur 
  over- 
  

   looking 
  the 
  vale 
  of 
  the 
  Mo 
  Chhu, 
  was 
  wrecked. 
  The 
  main 
  buildings 
  fell, 
  the 
  

   high 
  compound 
  walU, 
  of 
  concrete 
  were 
  cracked 
  from 
  top 
  to 
  bottom, 
  whilst 
  those 
  

   at 
  the 
  back 
  fell 
  to 
  the 
  N. 
  and 
  E. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  small 
  fort 
  just 
  below 
  had 
  its 
  parapets 
  thrown 
  down, 
  the 
  wreckage 
  falling 
  

   both 
  inwards 
  and 
  outwards, 
  say 
  to 
  the 
  N.-E. 
  and 
  S.-W. 
  

  

  "4. 
  In 
  the 
  Chumbi 
  valley 
  all 
  official 
  residences, 
  barracks 
  and 
  private 
  dwell- 
  

   ings 
  were 
  badly 
  damaged. 
  Compound 
  and 
  other 
  walls 
  fell 
  mostly 
  to 
  the 
  E. 
  and 
  

   S.-E. 
  From 
  Ki 
  Bim 
  Ka 
  to 
  Gopa 
  Jong 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  Tomo 
  district, 
  some 
  70 
  

   houses 
  were 
  destroyed, 
  a 
  child 
  being 
  killed 
  and 
  four 
  adults 
  seriously 
  injured 
  by 
  

   falling 
  walls. 
  

  

  " 
  From 
  To 
  Mi 
  to 
  Do 
  Chaka 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  Tomo 
  region, 
  two 
  houses 
  were 
  wrecked 
  

   and 
  others 
  badly 
  cracked. 
  

  

  "The 
  earthquake 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  pretty 
  well 
  expended 
  itself 
  in 
  this 
  

   direction 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  range 
  of 
  mountains 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  east, 
  

   at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  Mo 
  Chhu 
  runs 
  eastward 
  towards 
  Bhutan." 
  

  

  " 
  Little 
  damage 
  is 
  reported 
  from 
  Phuri 
  to 
  the 
  N. 
  of 
  this, 
  and 
  none 
  from 
  

   Shigatze 
  or 
  Lhasa. 
  In 
  recent 
  letters 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  places 
  it 
  is 
  mentioned 
  that 
  

   an 
  earthquake 
  had 
  oeen 
  felt, 
  but 
  no 
  alarm 
  had 
  been 
  caused 
  thereby." 
  

  

  In 
  Burma 
  the 
  motion 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character, 
  t. 
  e., 
  in 
  the 
  

   main 
  undulatory. 
  The 
  accounts 
  are 
  proportionately 
  less 
  numerous 
  

   and 
  jess 
  full 
  than 
  from 
  Upper 
  India, 
  but 
  two 
  may 
  be 
  selected 
  for 
  

   quotation. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  English, 
  Assistant 
  

   Commissioner, 
  who 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  in 
  camp 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Theingale, 
  some 
  7 
  miles 
  south-west 
  of 
  Kyauko 
  village 
  and 
  about 
  

   19 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Tagaung. 
  Between 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  P.M., 
  he 
  

  

  •• 
  Noticed 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  tank, 
  which 
  was 
  an 
  old 
  river 
  course, 
  containing 
  

   about 
  300 
  yards 
  of 
  shallow 
  water, 
  lapping 
  up 
  against 
  the 
  bank 
  below 
  my 
  tent. 
  

   My 
  hunters 
  said 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  elephants 
  bathing, 
  but 
  on 
  looking 
  there 
  were 
  none 
  at 
  

   the 
  other 
  end. 
  Some 
  one 
  then 
  pointed 
  to 
  the 
  trees 
  shaking, 
  and 
  we 
  knew 
  it 
  must 
  

   be 
  an 
  earthquake, 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  . 
  The 
  shocks 
  were 
  not 
  felt, 
  and, 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  lapping 
  

   of 
  the 
  water, 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  noticed." 
  

  

  A 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  account 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Thayetmyo, 
  where 
  

   Mr. 
  E. 
  Gabbett, 
  Executive 
  Engineer, 
  writes 
  that 
  — 
  

  

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  1, 
  Lieutenant 
  Marsden, 
  XIII 
  Madras 
  Infantry, 
  and 
  Lieutenant 
  Sharpe, 
  1st 
  

   East 
  Lancashire 
  Regiment, 
  were 
  fishing 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  tank, 
  40 
  yards 
  square 
  (very 
  

  

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