PREVIOUS DISASTER
The Indian earthquake of a f eiivvdaysi ago has. been practically similfaiir both in locality affected and in sevisiity- to that of June 12, 1897. Du?t>i»g; the; last hundred years or so .seTei.-ii ill major earthquakes have been record oil in: the; northern part of India, the,,' centr-os being in various districts ajrnigr , flic lengthy and mountainous noirtJiieiau border. For severity that of. 1897. has hitherto held tlio palm, b/ujt the; recent shake ■seems to have- j*been. just as bad, if not worse. That twoi major earthquakes should occur j»i identically the'same spot within a period, of forty years is unusual, Ijfufc not unknown, the popular theorg^being that; once a really big shake ; lias occurred the locality which has su/£f.«red\ is .saf» for a good number of yeatisv The: phenomena accompanying the,. last shake, fountains of sand and wa^er,, etc.,. were noticeable at the timei 10 tie ISQ7. ■shake, which was prece'fled by a thunderstorm. . ! ■ »' '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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157PREVIOUS DISASTER Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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