Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Roofs Trap Quake Victims- Many victims of the June 28 earthquake at Fukui, Japan, were found in wreckage heaps such as these. House roofs, torn and twisted but largely intact, formed traps as they dropped when tremors ripped sidewalls into kindling.
Associated Press · [ca. July 1948]
[Information from item housing] Earthquakes... Japan Dec. 1946 June 1948
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