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Original index title	Northwest History. China 1. Earthquakes, United States.
Newspaper	Seattle Post-Intelligencer ; 1935-12-25
Title	Quake Devastates Chinese Villages: Thousands Reported Dead ; Mountain Split Open.
Description	Quake Devastates Chinese Villages: Thousands Reported Dead ; Mountain Split Open.
Subject Keys	quake ; Chinese village ; Chentu ; Szechuan province ; China ; death toll ; mountain splits
Date.Original	1935-12-25
Resource Identifier	nwh 1-734
Subjects	Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century China -- History -- 20th century.
Resource Type	Text
Genre	Clippings
Source	Northwest History China box 1
Language	English
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Full-Text	Quake Devastates Chinese Villages Thousands Reported Dead; Mountain Split Open CHENGTU, Szechuan Province, China, Dec. 25.— (AP) —Fragmentary reports from Southern Szechuan Province told today of an earthquake December 18 that shattered entire villages and caused a death toll that may reach thousands. Villages and forts near the tops of the mountain range that extends through the affected region were hurled into the valleys. A mountain was split wide for a distance of a mile. Avalanches dammed rivers and formed lakes in what formerly were fertile valleys. Szechuan, a fertile interior province, is densely populated, with an average of nearly 300 persons to the square mile.
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