Nearly 9000 persons were killed in the collapse of this, the railway station at Jamalpur, in northern India, when all northern India was shaken by an earthquake. The wife and children of G. W. Brown, the British manager of the railway work shop, and the wife of the Indian district medical officer, were among the first killed here.

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Title:
Nearly 9000 persons were killed in the collapse of this, the railway station at Jamalpur, in northern India, when all northern India was shaken by an earthquake. The wife and children of G. W. Brown, the British manager of the railway work shop, and the wife of the Indian district medical officer, were among the first killed here.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Earthquakes Misc
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. February 1934]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Earthquakes
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 181 x 231 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ns067g561
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] First Pictures of Earthquake in India:
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001162_0007
Barcode:
39999088103708