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Foreign News
February 26, 1881
The Daily Cairo Bulletin
Cairo, Alexander County County, Illinois
What is this article about?
A writer in the Gentlemen's Magazine warns London residents of potential catastrophe from an earthquake like the one felt in Agram, estimating half a million deaths due to flimsy brick buildings, citing geological evidence of past shakes in England.
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Full Text
A writer in the Gentlemen's Magazine tells the people of London that if a single shock of earthquake, such as was felt at Agram, should occur at the metropolis, it would entail a frightful calamity upon hundreds of thousands of families now residing in "desirable residences" of the very flimsiest character, only one brick thick. He estimates that a single shock would kill half a million people, and shows that, according to high geological authority, England must in time past have been fearfully shaken.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Agram Earthquake
London Warning
Building Calamity
Geological Shakes
Where did it happen?
Agram
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Agram
Outcome
hypothetical single shock in london would kill half a million people
Event Details
Writer warns of frightful calamity from earthquake like one in Agram affecting London's flimsy one-brick-thick residences; cites geological authority on past shakes in England.