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  that 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  not 
  felt, 
  with 
  the 
  single 
  exception 
  of 
  Burhanpur 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  felt. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  this 
  excep- 
  

   tion 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  sensitiveness 
  or 
  keenness 
  of 
  observation 
  

   on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Station 
  Master, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  noteworthy 
  that 
  Burhanpur 
  

   is 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Tapti 
  alluvium, 
  but 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  boun- 
  

   dary 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  spread 
  of 
  Deccan 
  trap. 
  

  

  Before 
  leaving 
  the 
  western 
  area 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  

   in 
  Lalitpur 
  in 
  Bhandelkhand, 
  far 
  beyond 
  the 
  region 
  where 
  any 
  serious 
  

   injury 
  to 
  masonry 
  buildings 
  is 
  reported, 
  the 
  Birdha 
  inspection-house 
  on 
  

   the 
  Cawnpur-Jhansi 
  road 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  suffered 
  serious 
  

   damage. 
  The 
  building 
  was 
  of 
  stone, 
  with 
  the 
  roof 
  supported 
  on 
  

   stone 
  slates 
  carried 
  by 
  stone 
  beams. 
  A 
  few 
  cracks 
  were 
  opened 
  in 
  the 
  

   roof 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  building, 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  stone 
  beams 
  supporting 
  it, 
  

   and 
  the 
  walls 
  and 
  roof 
  of 
  an 
  outhouse 
  fell 
  down. 
  From 
  the 
  account 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  me 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  whether 
  there 
  was 
  any 
  local 
  cause 
  

   to 
  explain 
  this 
  damage 
  which, 
  though 
  slight, 
  was 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  

   any 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  North-West 
  Provinces 
  or 
  Oudh, 
  or 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  

   entirely 
  due 
  to 
  age 
  or 
  defective 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  buildings. 
  

  

  Turning 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  known 
  area, 
  the 
  shock 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  severe 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  frontier 
  of 
  Burma, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  

   thrown 
  down 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  Hukong 
  Valley 
  and 
  at 
  Sampawn 
  but 
  at 
  

   Myitkhina 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  slight 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  gene- 
  

   rally 
  noticed 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  In 
  the 
  North 
  Shan 
  Hills 
  it 
  was 
  felt 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  charge, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  Tawmo 
  outpost 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  

   Salwin. 
  

  

  In 
  Southern 
  Burma 
  the 
  shock 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  noticeable 
  

   all 
  down 
  the 
  Iravvadi 
  Valley, 
  as 
  all 
  stations 
  report 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   felt, 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Diamond 
  Island, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  felt 
  at 
  the 
  

   Alguada 
  reef 
  lighthouse. 
  To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Pegu 
  Yoma 
  the 
  shock 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  much 
  less 
  felt, 
  and 
  the 
  difference 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  attributed 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  centre. 
  At 
  Toungoo 
  it 
  is 
  

   reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  slight, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  StaJon 
  

   Masters 
  On 
  the 
  Rangoon-Mandalay 
  Railway 
  felt 
  it. 
  It 
  was 
  felt 
  in 
  

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