



40 COGG1N BROWN : THE BURMA EARTHQUAKES OF MAY 1912. 



Where work and material have been good, brick buildings Buff- 

 erred less than stone buildings. Bricks in mud, and sun-dried brick 

 wails have not stood so well. Brick nogging lias suffered little 

 except that a few panels have fallen out. A 4-feet uncoursed stone 

 rubble wall in lime mortar enclosing the cemetery, collapsed en- 

 tirely on the E. boundary. The top 2 feet of the walls of buildings, 

 arches and junctions of cross with main walls show the effects 

 more than other parts of the structures. The shearing of the upper 

 courses of the walls was clearly due to the oscillation of the roof. 



The Assistant Superintendent of Police s quarters. — This has walls 

 of unburned sun-dried bricks laid in mud 

 lime plastered and whitewashed. Most of the 

 plaster came down with a crash and the walls though still stand- 

 ing were shattered. They had to be pulled down and replaced. 



The Telegraph Office— A double storeyed building with 18-inch 

 brick walls. The ground floor showed little damage. The arches 

 over doors and windows have cracked, but not seriously. Upstairs, 

 the X. and 8. walls were shattered and had to be rebuilt. The plaster 

 needed renewal. Walls in linemen's quarters also damaged. 



Civil Surgeon's quarters.— The walls were built of stone in lime 

 mortar, except the S. bedroom, which had brick walls. This part 

 was practically undamaged, but the stone walls of the N. bedroom 

 were badly cracked. 



Treasury Office.— A stone building. Timer face of N. gable wall 

 fell in, and the cross walls were so badly cracked that they had 

 to be pulled down. S. wall cracked and had to be partly rebuilt. 



Military Police, Quarter Guard.— 18-inch stone walls. N., S. and 

 partition walls damaged and partly collapsed, top courses of side 

 walls shaken down. Walls had to be partially dismantled and 

 rebuilt. 



Mounted Infantry Gear Store, and Guard Room.— A stone building 

 of which all the walls were shaken and had to be pulled down 

 and rebuilt. 



P. \V. D. Clerks' quarters.— These were originally mat-walled 

 buildings. Subsequently the mat was replaced by brick in mud. 

 The walls were shaken and the plaster shed oil'. 



Military Police Buildings. Quarters for Sub-Assistant Surgeons.— 

 Walls built of stone, lime plastered and cement pointed. They 

 were cracked from the top through the arches over doors and 

 windows. 



