The small village of Gonabad is a mass of rubble after the earthquake which hit the northeastern section of Iran. More than 20,000 persons were killed in the disaster and survivors are threatened by starvation, drought, cold and spreading pestilence from unburied corpses.

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The small village of Gonabad is a mass of rubble after the earthquake which hit the northeastern section of Iran. More than 20,000 persons were killed in the disaster and survivors are threatened by starvation, drought, cold and spreading pestilence from unburied corpses.

United Press International · [ca. September 1968]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes 1968

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