EARTHQUAKE TOLL
INDIA'S SADDEST STORY
WHITE FAMILY WIPED OUT
CLOCK TOWER CRASHES
United Press Association—B> Electric Tele- < eriph—Copyright. (Received January 26, noon.) CALCUTTA, January 25. The earthquake is still taking toll. Tho upper portion of the clock tower of the Bihar Provincial Secretariat building, damaged during the earthquake, crashed in the afternoon, burying ten persons, including the contractor who was overseeing the repairs; also women, a boy, and coolies. Seven were extricated alive. Tho saddest story of the earthquake was revealed. from Dhang in the extreme north of Bihar, where a family of six domiciled Europeans, the only white people for many miles, were crushed to death by the earthquake. The victims are: Mr. and Mrs. White and Mrs. Tripe and her three children. The, family owned a sugar plantation. The shock destroyed tire bungalow and factory, and • the resultant flood idrowned all in the vicinity and prevented desperate attempts at rescue by Mrs. White's daughter, who motored a hundred miles, too late, with assistance. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 7
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