Following the explosion, the Governor "had proclamations posted throughout Lanchow, accusing the Communists of being' responsible for the disaster. Actually, rumours. are said to have been prevalent in Lanchow the day before the explosion to the effect that, on the following day, "artificial earthquake" would take place. I mention these rumours with On Monday (Ocotber 21) 1 visited the hospital. "It consisted merely of mass of debris. The Catholic brothers had succeeded in berating persons buried in the ruing and in. reaching their medical supplies. The two operating theatres had been completely destroyed, also every sick room, 'The hospital' obviously hag to be rebuilt completely, The road to the hospital was form-rly flanked on both sides by spacious houses built of timber, bricks and mud. Now nearly everything was a shambles. The road" was partly blocked by the debris of collapsed houses. The nearer one approached the hospital, the worse was the desolation. The part nearest the bastion had been practically levelled,
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