THE EARTHQUAKE AT JAVA.— THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
Java papers of the 14th June give full particulars of the dreadful earthquake which occurred in the island on the morning of the 10th,' It was very destructive in the districts of Cheribon, Pekalongan, Banjoemas, Bagelen, Samarang, Djokjakarta, ahd Souraknrta. The greater .part of the indigo and sugar manufactories, private houses, and military establishments at Djokjdo, suffered damage but in the other districts the damage was not so extensive. The losses, however, are incalculable. The sugar crop which had just been brought into the barns is totally lost. A large number of Europeans and natives perished—the report says as many as three hundred. It was feared also that ether parts of Java might be visited by earthquakes ; even at Batavia shocks on the day the mail started. The accounts of the rinderpest in Java are most distressing. In some districts the whole stock of buffaloes has died out, and great destitution and misery prevail j indeed, the general effect of the news brought by this mail is very painful.
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 47, 25 November 1867, Page 290
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177THE EARTHQUAKE AT JAVA.— THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 47, 25 November 1867, Page 290
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