DAMAGED BY FIRE.
famous pagoda at RANGOON. 1 ' (CHWW# ) WECT * IO I - CAW3UTTA, March 9, Tho famous ShwayrEagon pagoda in Rangoon, was badly damaged by flre> which destroyed the tattitmgs, or miniature place? ( of worship, beautifully caryed, and chaining golden images spudded with precious Btonea; The damage w estimated,at £I6,QW. [Behind . JRwgocwi, 4he capital of Burma, is a law wilit*ry cantonment, grouped < around, the whieb stands theshwa?*pagon Pagwfc, '"the most venerated object of worship in all the Indo-Chinese eountTte,;' It ip built, of brick, i» ]aY»»Wy jplded, and tapera to a cone 321 feet above the ground.] ' '
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20183, 11 March 1931, Page 9
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