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Bricks along the top of the wall in the dressing room were 

 displaced. Some plaster was damaged. On the lower iloor, the 



arch over the door to the clerk's room had to be rebuilt. 



Loilem. Assistant Superintendent'* quarters.— A single storey brick 

 building. Only slight cracks were caused in the main building 

 but some damage was done to plaster, [n the servants' quarters 

 bricks from the tops of walls were displaced. 



The Executive Engineer, Taunggyi, reported that while no pro- 

 posals have been made in the past for making any of the buildings 

 in his division earthquake proof, in future designing this point 

 will have to be considered. The Shan Stales are not specially 

 liable to severe earthquakes, and the List which can be compared 

 with the present one is said to have occurred in 1874. A re-examina- 

 tion of the damaged structures showed that the elTect of the 

 repeated shocks was not so severe as appeared to be the case at 

 first. It was expected that on both sides of a bad crack, the 

 brick or stone work would be considerably loosened, and. that in 

 consequence, sections of walls would have to be pulled down and 

 rebuilt. But after stripping oft' plaster bordering cracks, and raking 

 out mortar from joints, it was discovered that this was not generally 

 the case. The stability of the wall not being endangered, all that 

 needed to be done was to grout up the joints with cement and renew 

 the damaged plaster. 



Accounts from the Southern Shax States. 



Mr. II . A. Sams, Postmaster-General a Burma. — Nampandet is a 



hamlet 63 miles 5 furlongs from Taunggyi, at 

 1 the loot oi the lulls. rune 8-55 a.m.. uncor- 



rected. The shock was severe enough to cause all in the bungalow 

 to flee from it, though being a wood and mat. structure, it was not 

 damaged. No preliminary tremors were observed. Mr. Sams writes 

 that the shock was certainly intense and reminded him unpleasant lv 



of the great ELangra valley quake winch he leli at Lahore on April 

 lth, 1905. 



S. B. Dutta, Sub-Postmaster j and Nizamuddm, Signaller. — Time U 



A.M.. observed I ruin t he time-piece used by llm 



telegraph branch. Several shocks distinctly felt. 



Direction N.-S. A sound was noticed before the shock commenced, 



A record cupboard ami a postal notice- board kept near the S. wall 



of the building fell towards the N. The Is', side of the building 



