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■ /■ AT CALCUTTA. >V •• /; [United Press.Assqctation,—By Electric - Telegraph.—-Copyright.] f DELHI, July 3. r At three o’clock this morning, Cal? efftta. was rocked by the most- severe earthquake experienced there in living Jiiemory. ./ ,The tremor was north and v south. .The most solid blocks of residential flats swayed,. The whole city, sprang to life. Lights ,/ were switched oh, lifts were going up 7 and- down," people, were getting in motor cars and dashing out of the city, where many camped for the night. The ! streets were- as noisy as. after the Saturday'theatre closing. By four in the morning all was quiet again.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1930, Page 5
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