]0 COGGIN BROWH : THE BURMA EARTHQUAKES OP MAY 1912. 



exist, especially in the commercial quarters, a large part of the 

 population lives in wooden houses of the ordinary Burmese style. 



The Cantonment comprises what was formerly known as the city, 

 i.e., the portion between the lour brick walls built in 1856-57 by 

 Bang Mindon. It is 1 now often referred to as Fort PufTerin. 



Within the total area three-quarters of the masonry structures were 

 damaged, there were live total collapses, thirty-one buildings were 

 severely damaged and seventy-five more or less cracked. Nearly every 

 pagoda and masonry rest-house in the city was damaged. 



I am indebted to Mr. Cecil Scott, Officiating Engineer of the 

 Mandalay Municipality, for the following list of buildings damaged 

 by the earthquake. 



The part most affected is known as the " pucca area" and lies 

 between C. Road on the north, 29th Road on the south, 80th Street 

 on the east and 85th Street on the west. The damage outside 

 this area was not great owing to the absence of masonry work. 

 The following buildings collapsed : — 



1. The Armenian Rest-House on C. Road. 



2. Building known as Holding No. 17. Block No. .'58, l'yi- 



gyikyetthave Quarter. 



3. The mosque on B. Road. 



4. The furniture shop adjoining the mosque. 



5. Building known as Holding No. 9, Block No. 2(5. I'alen- 



gweva ung Quarter. 



The following buildings were severely damaged : — 



1. The Leper Asylum. 



2. The Exchange. 



3. The office of "The .Mandalay Herald." 



4. The " Upper Burma Gazette " Press. 



5. The Roman Catholic Bishop's House. 

 (!. The Cathedral. 



7. The residential portion of the Public Library. 



8. The Town Dispensary. 



9. Building occupied by Mr. H. Strentz. 



10. New Medical Hall. 



11. Building situated at the junction of 29th and 81st Street. 



12. Upper floor veranda of Bowyer & Sowden's. 



13. Salween House. 



14. Ally's Medical Hall. 



