THE INDIAN EARTHQUAKE

Otago Witness, Issue 2666, 19 April 1905, Page 19

THE INDIAN EARTHQUAKE

SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION. CALCUTTA, April 11. It is officially estimated that there were ' 10,000 deaths in the Rangra sub-district, j 3000 in the Palampur sub-district, and 424 \ in Dharmsala. i April 14. : Lady Curzon desires all injured in the - earthquake to be treated at the Simla hos- : pitals as her guests. i The Rothschilds in London have for- • warded Lord Curzon £2000 foi the Earth- ; quake Relief Fund. Accounts from Dharmsala show the mag- : niticent discipline and daring of the Ghoor- ! kas in rescuing their wounded comrades •' from beneath the battering wallb, and the ■ heroic self-sacrifice of the ladies and hos- ._ pital nurse*. The exhumation of the J victims was incessant for six days, the men i refusing to rest or to accept relief till \ they fell exhausted. ■ LONDON, April 11. , The Pan's ZvEunicipal Council has con- < doled with King Edward on the disastrous j earthquake in India. „ April 12. ] There hay.? been fresh shocks of earth- < quake m Simla. ( Home interesting lecorcis of the Indian earthquakes were obtained by the si-esmo- j giaph at Heidelberg. I Severe shocks were felt in Germany and South-east France, the furniture in many houses being moved. ] April 13. 'lhe lecent earthquake wrecked the towns J of Sultanpur and Mandi. Theie were about j 1000 fatalities altogether. ] Earthquake tremors at Simla are recur- 1 ling. I Apiil 15. I Queen Alexandra .sent a special message \ of sympathy to the suti'ereib bj the Indian i I earthquake. j l I -WELLINGTON, April 14. \ On the occasion of the recent earthcruako l in India the -sympathy of his Excel- ] loncy the Governor, iho people, and * the Govcrnmeni of New Zealand was 1 convpypcl to the Vice/oy ot India, and ■ the following reply has hern received from * ; ihe Viceroy by Lord Plunkot : — "I am ; j mo->t grateful to you. your Ministers, and * 1 our fellow subjects in New Zealand for their kind mc--age of sympathy in our disaster." i

— — '. I A well-known gardener in Milton informs _= I the Kiuco Herald that la=fc week he oh- § twined a number of ripe strawberries. He t states that in all his experience ho has __ never known strawberries to come to ] maturity or ripen so late in the year hi that j district. r WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS haa a stimulating i effect on the ■whole system. i j