OTHER AREAS IN BURMA. (;5 



under construction and which he had condemned as dangerous to 

 human life, some of the walls being at angle to the vertical, was 

 not affected in any way. 



Mr. Hay, District Superintendent of Police. — Time soon after 9 

 a.m. Duration about 2 minutes. He was 

 seated in a chair on the ground floor of a house. 



He felt the concrete floor move in waves, and the swaying was 



so severe that another officer who was standing had to sit down. 



They both experienced a sensation of nausea. Two very distinct 



periods were noticed. 



Mating Ba Pe, Head Clerk, Sub-divisional Office. — Time about 9 



a.m., by a watch compared with telegraph office 

 Taangdwingyi. . • . , * . ' 



time. Duration about J minute. Direction 



from N.K. to S.W. as estimated from the swaying of pagodas. 

 Not noticed by people on the move. Hanging objects were set 

 swinging. No aftershocks. 



T made numerous enquiries amongst the European and American 



oflicers of various oil companies in Yenangvaung. 



Most of those who were on the oil-field felt 

 a slight shock and saw the derricks moving, whilst others who were 

 in office felt nothing. 



Captain A. P. Sandeman, I. A.. Warden. — Time about 9 a.m. 



He was in office at the time when it began 

 Yenangyaung. . ..... 



to rock as m a high wind. He rushed out, 

 but no damage was caused. Experienced nasuea. 



1//-. W. E. Smith, Agent, The Nath Singh Oil Co. — Time aboui 9-20 



A.M. Distinct shock felt by all the office 

 \ enangyaung. » " t-» 



stall. Duration about 5 seconds. No articles 



were moved or dismantled and no damage was caused. 



Mr. Fred. IT. Spicer, Field Accountant, The Burmah Oil Co., Ltd. — 



Time 8-56 a.m. by local time (standard time 

 Yenangvaung. , TT . . . 



unknown). He was sitting at his desk in a 



large single-roomed bungalow raised from 1 to :) feet from the 



ground on piles, when the house swayed twice. The motions had 



an interval of 1 or 2 seconds and were sufficiently violent to give 



him a momentary qualm of sickness. 



Mr. Basil E. Macroric, Geologist, The Burmah Oil Co., Ltd.—Ee 



looked at his watch when the shock was over. 

 Nyaunghla. , . , ^_ T . ..,,, 



It indicated 8-oo a.m. It is diihenlt to say 



