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Correspondent in " Rangoon Gazette."— The " hti " of the Shwe- 



hmaw-taw pagoda was hurled down in frag- 



Mayagoa ments. 



Mr. G. Cray/, Executive Engineer, P. W. D. — Reported that no 



damage was done to any Government buildings 



Th.«i Sub-division. in th . g gub . division . 



Yamethin District. 



Major F. Bigg-Wither, LA., Deputy Commissioner. — Direction 



N.-S. or N.E.— S.W. The back wall of the 



^ iim((hln ' district office record room was badly cracked 



from top to bottom. The following damage was caused to official 



buildings in Yamethin. 



Jail Buildings. — Old cracks in the enclosure wall widened and 

 new cracks formed. Plaster and loose bricks on the enclosure walls 



fell off. 



Record Room.— This building suffered most, though the walls 

 are of solid masonry. On examination it was found that in the 

 scries of arches on the N. side at the fifth from the W., the 

 keystone of the fanlight arch had been thrown inward. The 

 window arch below was in a similar condition. The cracks 

 went to the foundations, and, as the building was in a dangerous 

 condition, the cracked walls were dismantled and rebuilt. Cracks 

 also formed in another arch and old cracks in the W. gable became 

 widened. The W. gable (gable only) was thrown outward at least 

 2" and the timbers of the roof are but poorly supported. With 

 another severe shock the gable may fall out taking part of the 

 roof with it. Plaster in various places also fell off. 



Circuit House.— Brick panels of brick nogged walls parted 

 slightly from frames and old cracks in the floor widened. 



District Superintendent of Police s Quarters. 



P. IF. D. Sub- divisional Officer's Quarters. 



Superintendent of the Land Records' 1 Quarters. 



Civil Sub-divisional Officer's Quarters. 



In all these cases brick panels of the brick nogged walls parted 

 sliuhtlv from their frames. 



Treasury Strong Room. — One of the jack arches cracked at 

 a corner and cracks formed in walls. Some plaster also fell off. 



