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sand and water bubbled forth until the evening. Many pagodas 

 were cracked and had their upper portions smashed down. 



Maung Po Shue, Sub-divisional Officer.— Time 8-55 a.m. The direc- 

 tion was N.E.— S.W. Many old pagodas, zavats 

 syau R ' and brick-honses were damaged. 



Mr. Hampton, Sub-divisional Officer, P. W. D. — Reported that 

 from an inspection made of cracks in the police 

 station, he was certain that the direction of 

 the shock was N. — B. The low . ,■ walls of this building, which 

 has posts let into the ground at its corners, had vertical cracks 

 in the N.— S. running walls, while those built in an E.— -W. direction 

 contained slight horizontal cracks. The vertical cracks were § to 

 I inch wide. A distant rumbling, or "lower air vibration " was 

 heard during, and just before, the severe shocks of the 21st and 23rd. 

 On each occasion the sound appeared to be towards the S. Various 

 aftershocks were felt, accounts of which are given later. 



Maung Maung Tin, Sub-di visional Officer. — Three shocks in close 

 succession were felt at 9 a.m. on the 23rd 

 May. The direction was apparently from N. E. 

 to S.W. The shocks were felt by everyone and were accompanied 

 by loud rumbling noises. Most of the pagodas in the township had 

 their tops lopped off by the earthquake, and others had their " litis ' 

 bent to the N. E. The W. side of the Sub-divisional Officer's court- 

 house was slightly cracked and a few bricks were dislocated at 

 the N.E. corner. The brick walling of the N. E. comer fell off in 

 two places. 



Mr. G. Craig, Executive Engineer. — In the civil police station at 

 Mvittha, two panels of brick nogged walls fell 

 out and other panels were loosened. Plaster 

 also fell off. 



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Myingyan District. 



Mr. G. Craig, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department. — The 



court-house at Natojzvi was damaged. Four 



aog>1 " top and middle brick nogged panels of the N. 



wall and one middle panel of the S. wall dropped out. A few panels 



were displaced slightly. 



The Township Officer. — Time 9 a.m., from an uncorrected watch. 

 Direction E. — W. Two distinct and severe shocks 

 with no preliminary tremors. No sound was 



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