NEW QUAKE DISASTER
IN NORTH INDIA Flight ol Nepal People (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received February 14 at 8.30 p.m.) CALCUTTA. February 13. Fresh havoc has been wrought in the native Sta : e of Nepal, as the result of lurther earthquake shocks. The inhabitants of the Nepal Valley are already sorely stricken. They are in a stat? of terror Hu.jlreds of the city of Khatinandu's population are fleeing from the 'The lowi) of Kirtipur has completely been submerged by floods. Drastic measures have been taken to deal with the situation. Eighty-one thieves have been shot for Joo'ing. The Maharaja of Nepal and the Premier of Nepal have left for New Delhi in orde r to discuss the situation with the Government of India. Uarthqualie shocks have also been fol; in t’u* North Bihar towns. ]>arti< ula'ly in Sitarmahi. where the vartn has crackl'd ami water has gushed out. while houses have collapsed, but no deaths arc reported.
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Grey River Argus, 15 February 1934, Page 5
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