EPICENTRAL AND SEVERELY SHAKEN AREAS. 35 



Accounts from the Northern Shan States. 



Station Master. — Time 9 a.m. Duration 2 minutes. The shock 

 lis.nn-hs.i. was P rece 4^ V a low rumbling noise. Most 



of the pagodas in Thonae were smashed down 

 for I or § of their heights. 



L. Ramaswamy, Station Master. —The station clock stopped at 

 (okteik Viaduct. 9 ^ ,M> Tw0 landslips occurred near tlie tunnels 



just outside the station. The rest-houses were 

 badly cracked and the chimneys tumbled down. 



Agent, Burma Railways— The south abutment wing of the 

 G okteik viaduct slightly era eked. Trestles 8 to 10 shifted I 

 inch on the foundation bearing plates, 



Correspondent in the " Rangoon Gazette " of May27ih, 1912.— He was 

 one of a party of three exploring the interior of the cave under 

 the viaduct in the bottom of the deep Gokteik ravine, when the 

 shock commenced on the morning of the 23rd. A weird sound was 

 heard which rapidly increased. At first they thought that a train 

 was crossing the viaduct but the vault of the cave commenced to swav 

 and the ground underfoot to give way. Huge locks with trees 

 growing on thorn tumbled down the mountain slopes and pieces of 

 stone fell from the roof of the cave, which was filled with particles 

 of earth blown in from outside. They fled to the top of the 

 ravine and found the rest-house near the station shattered and unlit 

 for occupation. 



A. Rahman, Station Master.— Station clock stopped at 9-4 a.m. 



Nawmdikio. Tlle shock lastod for about l toinnte and 



appeared to travel N. — S. 

 Station Master.— Time. 9 a.m.. by f lie station clock which did not 

 Pyaanggattng. B *° P ' Station buildings, signals, etc.. shook from 



S. to N. A small bridge within the outer signal 

 limit was cracked. Shan pagodas in the vicinity were broken. 



Station Master.— Station clock stopped at 9-4 a.m. A brick 

 Bawgyo. pagoda 21 feet high was seen to have its upper 



7 feet shaken down. G3 other pagodas varvhiL' 

 in height from 10 to 50 feet are reported to have been damaged in 

 a similar way in the neighbourhood. It is interesting to note that 

 this witness like others, erroneously dates the time of commencement 

 of the shock from the time shown by stopped clocks, 



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