Indian Earthquake 1930's

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  1. Ken P

    Ken P Active Member

    Among family photos I have from my Grandads service in the East Surreys from January 1931 up to his discharge from wounds in May 1944, I have a batch of what is obviously the results of an earthquake that hit the region. The only real clue to its location is a photo of the damaged facade of Faizabad District jail...

    I will post some of these images, but please do not publish them or use them elsewhere without asking me first!
     

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  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Thanks for sharing.
    If you're worried about them being nicked & used without permission might be an idea marking them like this with the Windows10 snipping tool
     

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  3. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Very interesting photographs, thanks for posting.
     
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    Waddell Well-Known Member

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  5. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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  6. Rav4

    Rav4 Senior Member

    My dad used to talk about the earthquake in Quetta but I have never looked into the facts until you post. Thanks for the information!
    Dad was with the RE,s Bombay Sappers & Miners.
     
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  7. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

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  8. Ken P

    Ken P Active Member

    Among the batch of photographs of my Grandfathers concerning the Indian earthquake, I found the attached images of a military funeral with a photograph of a grave marked .....George (surname).

    I have searched the Internet but have come up empty handed.......

    Any clues?
     

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  9. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

  10. redtop

    redtop Well-Known Member

    Several buildings built in a particular brickwork bond survived the earthquake.
    This bonding was from then on known as Quetta bond, or Rat Trap bond to bricklayers..
    This bond was used on many WW11 temporary buildings because it was strong and used less bricks than conventional English or Flemish bond.
     
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  11. Benedict

    Benedict Junior Member

    Think I may also have some photo's of Quetta after the earthquake (relative was there with 1 RF), will try to dig them out and post up if anyone's interested.
     
  12. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Please do post thank you
     
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  13. Benedict

    Benedict Junior Member

    Have at last managed to scan the images. Captions were quite difficult to read, so have made my best guess in places.
     

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  14. Benedict

    Benedict Junior Member

    And the rest...
     

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  15. Ken P

    Ken P Active Member

    Great images thanks for posting!
     
  16. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    Here are 2 photos from my collection with info on the back of one of them. RAF truck in one photo and light tank in other.
    Keith
    1935 earth quake raf truck.jpg 1935 earth quake light tank jpg.jpg 1935 earth quake light tank back jpg.jpg
     
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