3 COGGIH BROWN: THE BURMA EARTHQUAKES OF MAI 1912. 



making as angle of 70° with the horizontal. A similar wall in 

 the Adult school had cracked away from one coursing N. — S. The 

 other walls contained minor cracks. 



Barrack Kitchen. — The fcwo wails running in an E. and \V. direc- 

 tion contained a longitudinal horizontal crack U feet from the roof 

 in each wall. This line of weakness was marked by wooden beams 

 which had been let into the walls. 



No. 8 Barracks. — A single storeyed solid brick building running 



in a N.N.E. W.S.W. direction, All the chimneys had fallen 



and broken through the roofs. The only one which I was able to 

 measure seemed to have tumbled over in a S. 1»> E. direction. 

 It is interesting to note that in the barracks taken as a whole, 

 the chimneys of the reinforced concrete roofs stood the shock while 

 those of the shingle roofs fell. 



Quarter-Master's Stores. — A one-storeyed brick building running in 

 a N. S. direction. The division wall which runs E. W. between 

 the guard room and the detention room was dangerously cracked 

 in all directions. The iron lintel over the door was also bent out 



of shape. 



Old Government House.— The chimneys had a tendency to swing 



N.E. S.W. as was seen by the crushed bricks when dismantling was 



going on. In a room on the 2nd storey the brick Hogging of the top 

 gable on the E. fell in towards the W. In another bed room a similar 

 cable fell in towards the E. The gables on the N. and S. sides 

 were unmoved. 



New Government House. — Practically no serious damage was 

 caused. A few minor cracks were noticed in the plaster of some 

 of the walls. 



Sitting Room.— A cupboard, t feet high, 3 feet broad and ll feet 

 deep, which was standing on a table near a wall coursing N. W. — 

 S. E. fell towards the S.W. 



Private Secretary's Office.— -The chimney fell towards the N.W. 

 It is reported that such chimneys were often slued round to a 

 considerable degree but 1 am unable to confirm this personally, as 

 no damaged chimneys were left standing when I visited Maymyo. 



Motor House.— The walls of the motor house, a strongly built 

 brick building, were shattered but none of them fell. The building 

 was being dismantled at the time of my visit. 



Boiler Rouse. — The brick nogged panels in the walls running 

 N — S. tended to fall towards the W. The rilling of the arches in 





