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the walls also tended to come out. in the same direction. No damage 

 was caused to walls running at right angles to this. 



Foundations of New Church.— I was unable to detect any cracks 

 in the foundations of the new church. 



Muymuo Civil Hospital Civil 8ur</cons Room.— From the top 

 of a wall running approximately E. — W., bricks close to the wooden 

 roof were shaken off. 



Mortuary. — Diagonal cracks in the E.— -W. walls. 

 Paying Ward.— A long strip of plaster fell from a wall running 

 in a W. N. W. — E. S. E. direction. The reinforced concrete roofs of 

 the hospital wards were unhurt. 



\'arious brick and mud buildinus. — 11 wasobserved that in those 

 eases the plaster covering brick and mud walls was often peeled off 

 the ones coursing N.- ■ S.. while those running E. W. were usually 

 unhurt or contained minor cracks. Sometimes the brick and mud 

 walls were cracked in every direction as if the whole building had 

 been subjected to severe shaking. 



Mosque.— The roof of the mosque was partly cracked away from 

 the walls. 



Accounts prom Maymyo and District. 



Mr. Chappel, Director of Telegraphs. Burma Circle. — Exact time, 



8-55 a.m. Yerv severe shock. He left the 



:i>ni> "' house at once, but does not consider that the 



earthquake was equal in intensity to the Dharamsala shock of 1905 



as felt in Umballa. There was a succession of shocks for days 



afterwards. 



Superintendent of Telegraphs, Maymyo.— Time about 8-50 a.m., 

 uncorrected. Very severe shock which came on suddenly without 

 previous tremors and lasted over a minute. The house rocked about 

 and he thought that parts of it would fall in. Damage however, 

 was slight, with the exception of the chimney which was dangerously 

 cracked. Numerous lesser shocks for two days afterwards. 



Mr. B. Moses, Maymyo. — Time 8-55 a.m.. correcting clock not 

 stated. No preliminary tremors. The main shock lasted very 

 nearly a minute and " played great havoc with Maymyo," bringing 

 down chimneys, and cracking and bending walls. 



Postmaster, Maymyo. — Immediately after the big shock of the 

 23rd May, he looked at the office clock and found the time to be 

 between 8-5G and 8-57 a.m. The clock is regulated by the midday 

 gun which is fired at local time {>.). There is 9 minutes difference 



