Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Searching for the Dead--Soldiers and relief workers look for bodies of victims Monday in ruins of Gediz, Turkey, which was shattered by an earthquake Saturday night. Government officials estimate about 1,300 persons were killed in Gediz and surrounding villages along the Anatolian fault in western Turkey.
Searching for the Dead--Soldiers and relief workers look for bodies of victims Monday in ruins of Gediz, Turkey, which was shattered by an earthquake Saturday night. Government officials estimate about 1,300 persons were killed in Gediz and surrounding villages along the Anatolian fault in western Turkey.
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Searching for the Dead--Soldiers and relief workers look for bodies of victims Monday in ruins of Gediz, Turkey, which was shattered by an earthquake Saturday night. Government officials estimate about 1,300 persons were killed in Gediz and surrounding villages along the Anatolian fault in western Turkey.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1970]

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[Information from item housing] Earthquake Misc.

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