Of all the earthquakes on record, the most disastrous occurred in 1556, in China, when 830,000 people were killed.. One of the worst recent disasters was in Messina, in 1908, which had 72,283" victims. A 21-month-old child. Henry Kettlewell, of Holme Slack, Preston, swallow--ed several peas, which were being soaked in a jug. The child died before a pea which.had lodged in the windpipe could be removed. '■*'-■* r <*'"* * ' ■» .. 3*5«?
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10163, 18 July 1924, Page 4
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