INDIAN TOWNSHIP IN DANGER.
MINE AREA SUBSIDES. (CKITRtf PRKSS ASSOCIATION BT ELeCTail TELEORApn COPYRIGHT.) DELHI, November 10. Jharia, a small colliery town in Bihar, is in danger owing to the subsidence of a big portion of a mine on tho outskirts. A deafening crash awoke the sleeping inhabitants in the early morning and a large building collapsed, k.'iling Babu Handas Shawanji, a local millionaire. Daylight revealed that a considerable area had sunk « foot, and. as portion of the town is built over the underground workings, panic prevails. The occupants'of many houses fled as the r#sult of ominous rumblings.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20083, 12 November 1930, Page 11
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