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Story Of Quake Drama From Tangshan To Peking
USJAided dispatches describe a 8.2 magnitude quake centered near Tangshan China impacting Peking Tientsin and Tangshan. Eyewitness Kazuharu Imai and Kinya Toyama survived debris while others perished. Whitlam and wife in Tientsin described a building split in two and fires or transformers flashing as authorities reported widespread damage and aftershocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
TOKYO
Kazuha Imai
Tan An
China
Peking
Binghamton
Pe King
Apu
Tientsin
Gough Whitlam
Australia
Margaret
Kazuharu Gnai
Tangshan
Kailun
Kazuhara Imai
Japanese Meteorological Service
Masashiro
Palmer
Alaska
Honolulu
Golden
Colo
Japanese Meteorological Agency
Inner Mongolia
Tanshan
Kaniharu Imai
Kazuharu Umai
Kinya Toyama
Whitlam
Hopei
David Dean
U.S
Dean
Japan
Nevin Taber
Annie
Tie
Binghamton, NY
Peking Hotel