EARTHQUAKES

Evening Star, Issue 19290, 1 July 1926, Page 8

EARTHQUAKES

SUMATRA SHAKEN HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE 31 ANY BUILDINGS COLLAPSE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. WELTEVREDEN, Juno 29. Advices from Padang and Fort Dckock report a heavy earthquake. Several shops collapsed, and one person was killed and two were injured. Soenbie Bocioe reports that seventeen persons are dead. Almost all the buildings in Padang collapsed, more than 10U people being killed and many wounded. '' A military dispensary chemist who felt the shock entered a room to save Ids child, and on returning was killed by a falling wall. Tlio child and its mother narrowly escaped. Solok wag severely shaken, and fifteen dead are reported.—A. and N.Z. Cable. FURTHER SHOCKS FEARED. MARKET DAY CATASTROPHE. PADANG, Juno 30. (Received July 1, at 1.30 a.m.) It is difficult to estimate the number of dead at Padang. The catastrophe happened on market day, when many from the suburbs were in town. 31oreover. many wore buried under the debris. It is estimated that twenty Chi nose and fifty native inhabitants are dead. Pr; . ideally all the stone buildings collapied. The population ia camping in tents, fearing- new shocks. An official report from Solok states that thirteen people arc dead and eight injured. Several market buildings collapsed. A fire column was seen above Taking volcano.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ONE DEATH REPORTED. NEW YORK, June 29. A message from Santa Barbara states that one death resulted from an earthquake uhich was felt in various parts of Southern California. The damage to property was slight.—Reuter.