Hueining is said to be entirely obliterated. nis might be an exaggeration, though. I remeuiber when we went through the valley approaching Lucining from this side, that it was a dangerous place, and I fully believe that Hueining has suffered a great deal. it lies right between those treacherous—looking hills, and they are said to have fallen and buried the road. By the way, no news from Lanchowfu yet. The telegraph office has had no wire from there for nearly a week.
Everybody says that the quake was worse north and north-west of here. From Ninghsia no wire, either, The mountain road of ten li length this side of 'I'singningchow, and which is at the very east door of Tsingning, has disappeared and fallen into the river. That was an awful looking road. The precipice there was very high. It is also said that between here and Kuyuan a whole caravan of camels were swallowed up by the earth's opening there. There is no trace of them to this day. Of course, all freight traffic is stop ped now, as there are no roads.
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