LASTED 45 SECONDS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 129, 3 June 1935, Page 9

LASTED 45 SECONDS

HILLS EAST AND WEST

IMPENETRABLE DUST CLOUD

(British Official Wireless.) (Received June 3, 12.15 p.m.)

RUGBY, June 2.

A further shock of 45 seconds' duration was experienced at Quetta this afternoon, when the hills to the east and west were enveloped in an impenetrable cloud of dust. Many of the .walls which had survived the previous earthquake were shaken to die ground. It is believed that only slight further damage resulted, since only a few buildings had remained standing after Friday's earthquake.

The complete control of the areas is in the hands of the military, and martial law has been declared. Both the British and Indian troops have been ceaselessly engaged in evacuating the living and bringing out the dead from the piles of wreckage, blowing up specified areas to prevent the spread of disease, and in organising relief for the thousands of Indian refugees. The military have now sealed the whole city, as well as the railways. Five refugee trains left Quetta yesterday, and six had been arranged for today. ■

The latest estimate of the British death-roll puts the figure at 200, with a further 200 British residents injured.

It is still impossible to estimate accurately the native casualties, but unofficial figures vary between 20,000 and 30,000 for the whole of Baluchistan.

It is stated that by last night the soldiers had recovered 3000 bodies from the debris of Quetta alone.