THE TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN THIBET.
By the arrival of the Indian mail, particulars have been received of the destruction caused by the earthquake in Thibet. The first shock was at five in the morning, but it was mild; at sunset the town of Bathang was shaken from end to end, and nearly all the houses, large and small, fell to the ground, burying half the population, or more in the ruins. A.rsenals, magazines, the large and splendid Lamasetai, tenanted by 3,000 Lamas, all went at once into a vast grave. Then a furious wind sprang up, and then a fire broke out in Bathang, which lasted twelve days, burning up the living and the dead and every thing else that the earthquake had spared. 413 Lama priests, 19 Chinese soldiers, 38 Thibetan soldiers, all the Thibetan officials, and 2,812 other people were destroyed.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 764, 17 January 1871, Page 3
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143THE TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN THIBET. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 764, 17 January 1871, Page 3
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