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The Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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Devastating earthquake in Shillong, India, confirmed on June 16, destroys all buildings, kills British deputy commissioner Mr. McCabe, levels towns of Sylhet and Cherrapunji, subsides villages, and causes great losses with inevitable suffering in populous districts.
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All the Buildings at Shillong Are in Ruins.
Simla, June 16.-The reports that all of the buildings at Shillong, India, had been destroyed by earthquake are confirmed.
Mr. McCabe, the British resident deputy commissioner, was killed by a falling house, and the English ladies and children are suffering intensely from exposure.
The towns of Sylhet and Cherrapunji were leveled to the ground and whole villages subsided.
The losses are so great that it is feared that much suffering is inevitable in several populous districts.
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Shillong, India
Event Date
June 16
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mr. mccabe killed by falling house; english ladies and children suffering from exposure; all buildings in shillong destroyed; towns of sylhet and cherrapunji leveled; whole villages subsided; great losses with inevitable suffering in populous districts
Event Details
Reports confirmed that an earthquake destroyed all buildings in Shillong, killing the British resident deputy commissioner Mr. McCabe; English ladies and children exposed and suffering; towns of Sylhet and Cherrapunji leveled to the ground; whole villages subsided; losses so great that much suffering is feared in several populous districts.