Good samaritan carries a man on his back here 5/23 as he makes his way through the rubble of a village devastated by the county's second severe earthquake in 10 days. The governor of hard-hit Bingol Province says at least 809 bodies have been recovered from the ruins. Thousands are homeless and villages are without drinking water, electricity and telephone communication.

United Press International · [ca. May 1971]

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes Misc.