QUETTA EARTHQUAKE
MOURNING FOR VICTIMS SUNDAY SET APART CALCUTTA, June 25. (Received June 25, at 11 p.m.) On the suggestion of Rajendra Prasad, President of the National Congress, June 30 will be observed as a day of mourning throughout India for the Quetta earthquake victims. This week the Viceroy and Field-marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, commander-in-chief of the army, will travel by aeroplane from Simla to Quetta, and spend two days there. They will discuss with the authorities whether the city should be used in future as a military or civil station. Gangs engaged on demolition work in the earthquake area have recovered several thousand bodies. Severe tremors are still being felt every day.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22607, 26 June 1935, Page 7
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113QUETTA EARTHQUAKE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22607, 26 June 1935, Page 7
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