EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
-Own Correspondent.)
Alaskan Population Terrifiei
(By Air Mail-
oAJN ±'EAJNU1HGU, JUiy 24. Livea were in danger and thousmda of pounds' worth of damage was caused when earthquake shoeks rocked +110 town of Fairbanks, Alaska, yesterday. The shoeks begUn a liltlb after 7 a.m., ahd eohtinued ihtermittently thfbhghotit the day. They were feit over ah htea stretching for se 'oral miles oh All sides of Fairbanks^ Wkicli is the centr/ of Govetnment activities in central Alaska. Fairbanks was just recovering from a disastrous flood, which stibihefged parts of the town for several weeks. The earthquake was Suiprising to old residents beoause Fairbanks is not in the recognised Alaskan earthquake zone, and the shocks sent huhdreds of terrified people into the streets. Fairbanks has a population of a little more than 2000. .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 173, 9 August 1937, Page 12
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