DEATHS IN EAST JAVAN EARTHQUAKE
JAKARTA, June 20 (Rec. 10 a.m.). An earthquake in East Java yesterday killed 17 and injured several hundred, according to an Aneta news agency correspondent at Sourabaya. The correspondent said the earthquake struck at 12.4'0 p.m, G.M.T and lasted in some districts for up to one minute. In the small village of Crissee, north-west Sourabaya, 14 were killed and over 100 injured. Fifty houses were completely destroycd and. several hundred damaged. In Sourabaya two were killed and 25 injured. Many houses were damaged and the electricity and telephone services were temporarily disrupted. Forty-three out of 53 people worshipping in a mosque near Crissee were injured. The correspondent said the earthquake was described as the worst in 50 years in East Java.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 June 1950, Page 5
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