New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-08
THOUSANDS MAY BE DEAD
THE EARTHQUAKES WORK
Hundreds of Soldiers Lose Lives
PatGmpur and Kangra Suffer-,

Lahore. Punjab India, April -Four hundred and
seventy men OF Gurlkha regiments lost their lives
e result OF the earthquake at the hill section
"a DharInsala NINETY five miles northwest OF Simla)
according to the latest information from that place
me report adds that it is impossible to rescue the
entombed men.
The greatest difficulty is experienced in procuring
news from Dharmsala. The telegraph staff at the
poEary office has been opened thirteen miles from
me town. but the facilities are most scanty.
Inc kangra Valley is believed to have been de-
Nastateo and it is reported that the town Of kangra
was reduced to ruins with great loss of life No
continuation Of the report is obtainable as the tele
graph station at Kangra is wrecked.
private telegram received here says the whole
town OF Palampur has been levelled to the ground
and that not single building left standing This
announcement has not been confirmed up to the
present
Calcutta, April 1T appears that four hun
dred Of the 7th Gurllhas were killed the Dharn-
saa cantonment by the collapse of a stone barrack
building in consequence of the recent earthquake.
In addition. twenty members of the LIST Battalion
and fifty members Of the q Battalion of the LIST
Gurkhas were killed while it is roughly calculated
that from % to 80 per cent OF the native population
OF the surrounding villages killed.
,iIIas ao449n 70 the Europeans already reported
hIlieo az Dnarnsala, seven children of Europeans
Telegraph communication is stin unrestored. and
te anxiety Of the public to learn the details Of the
Ing intense, it being feared that news of further
disasters will come from the places not yet heard
rom The authorities are displaying Incompetent
sure retcence, and press representatives experience
Ine greatest difficulty in getting information. 1t is
supposed that since the recent passage Of the dras-
NC Ofncial Secrets act the police and officials are
AFRAID 10 impart information to the press
mere IS little doubt that when the complete eX-
.elo OF the disaster is known the death roll will
Ieach into the thousands. AS an indication of the
tremendous force of the shock, the exceptionally
solld new courthouse at Dharmsala was absolutely
destroyed Refugees from DhaTmsala have arrived
az Lahore IN a condition of mental collapse, and
are unable TO give any coherent story.
Inc disaster 10 the Gurkhas due to the sud
zen collapse OF the stone built British barracks
Inc men had only just reached the station. and
other troops ordered there had fortunately, not
The road 10 Dharmsala. mere cut or shelf
the mountain slope. has crumbied away and one
OF the bridges over the river has collapsed hence
According to report about 200 Gurkhas were
extHcated alive from the ruins OF the barracks
but many were terribly crushed that there is
little hope that they survive.
Palampur is a town of the Puntab and has about
Ave thousand inhabitants It is situated in the
Rangra district and is the centre Of the tea plan
tations Of the Palam Valley
Kangra, known in ancient times as Nagarkot, is
a town in the Punjab. ninety miles east-northeast
Of Amritsar. Formerly Kangra was the capital OF
katoch State Of considerable size. II is situated
on both sides of hill overlooking the Banganga
torrent The population Of Kangra numbers about
$500 souls, mostly Hindoos.