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in degrees I and II of the scale, two or three tremors in degree 

 III. Probably for the main shock its intensity at Maymyo is best 

 described under degrees VI and VII of the R.-F. scale, with the proviso 

 that all persons indoors at the time ran out. Some of the effects, 

 namely, fall of chimneys, come under degree VIII. 



Sir W. F. Gates, Financial Commissioner, Maymyo. —Reported 

 that at the time of the severe shock his house commenced to sway, 

 and that the earth seemed to be in ripples as if disturbed by waves 

 of great frequency. The shock was in two well-marked periods. 



Mr. Butcher, Public Works Engineer. — He was out on a hill 

 side when the disturbance took place. It seemed 



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to come from the K, or perhaps from a little to 

 the S. of E. 



Mr. F. Hamilton Dale. — His bungalow is a wooden one with a 

 tin roof, built on the side of a small hill and 

 facing E. by S. The floor is about three feet 

 from the ground. Time 8-50 or 8-55 a.m. Shock started quite 

 easily but rapidly increased and lasted over 1| minutes. He ran out 

 and walked round two sides of the house expecting it to go crash 

 every moment. " It didn't appear to sway much, not more than 

 3 inches — extreme to extreme — but the shocks were as rapid as a 

 terrier shaking a rat. or as quickly as you could jerk your fist 

 within a 4 inch shake from the elbow." There was but little 

 damage done. A few bottles on the top of a meat safe were 

 thrown down, some N. and the rest N. E. by E. A clock was 

 jerked forward 1\ inches from the bottom towards the front of 

 the house. A bookcase shot half its contents on to the floor, and 

 many of the small ornaments in the bungalow were thrown down. 

 He states that although it is a general idea that there have been 

 no quakes since the shocks of 4 years ago, he has noticed several 

 during the last 2 years while fishing in the pools in the local 

 streams, which flow in deep limestone gorges. 



Personal Observations in the Northern Shan States. 



Thanks to the kindness of the railway authorities in 

 Maymyo, I was enabled to travel by trolley over the line 

 between Maymyo and Naunghkio and to inspect the damage 

 done to it and to the country in the immediate vicinity. From 



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