JAVA EARTHQUAKES
FORTY SHOCKS IN AN HOUR MANY DEATHS. ____ , 1 ' • .Press Association Eloctric Telearaph—Copyright SINGAPORE, Wednesday.The earthquake reported yesterday originated in the ocean 400 miles south, of Bandoeng. Forty shocks were felt in east and south Java between . 4.15 and' 5.15 p.m; It is believed that there are many dead in rural districts, where lightconstructed huts collapsed. A high brick chimney fell across a sugar refinery near Dkokja. Workers were amazed when it was found that all -were uninjure.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 30 September 1937, Page 7
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