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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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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.

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