Rescue workers search through the rubble of a home destroyed by the earthquake which hit northeastern Iran over the weekend. An estimated 20,000 persons were killed in the disaster and all survivors are threatened by starvation, drought, cold and spreading pestilence from unburied bodies.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Rescue workers search through the rubble of a home destroyed by the earthquake which hit northeastern Iran over the weekend. An estimated 20,000 persons were killed in the disaster and all survivors are threatened by starvation, drought, cold and spreading pestilence from unburied bodies.

United Press International · [ca. September 1968]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes 1968

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