The Archive · 1906

Earthquakes in Fukien

Recent issues of the" Fukien Daily Nows," which is published give accounts of earthquake which have boon felt in Fuki the 28: h of March, and a fow da: there wore repeated shocks ox atthe large prefectural city north of Amoy called (JH) Chruanchou, At a village called Eastern Prison ull, on which there were many graves, split in several places nnd left the graves open with the coffins broken in fragments. The people were terrified fon soeing the dead thus thrust, as it wore, from the tombs, On the 30th of March at 590 a.m. a largo region west of Yengpingfu (140 miles west of Foochow) was visited by 9 violent shock lasting about 1 min. Many buildings wore injured, though none fell, The sabock was sccompaniod by noise like thunder. The people were panic-stricken. A few days previously the same region and Sabsion further to the south-west bad boon visited by unusual hail-storm. Suddenly in the afternoon a violent wind swept over the country causing considerable damage to fields houses. The wind was followed by "For raz Buoop 18 Lim Live."—It the blood is Inden with impurities it, ends disease as it circulates through' (organs of the human body—Lunj Heart, Stomach, Kidneys, Brai Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixtu.y is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For Serofuls, Scurry, Eosqma, Bad Lege, Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples, and Sores of all kinds its effects are marvellous, Thousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it, Sold everywhere at 2, Od. Beware of worth: Jas imitations and substitutes—ADY,

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