Another Great Prophecy Fulfilled — Page 24
24 was land before; rich people, whose coffers were f1;1ll of gold and who lived in palatial houses, are now Hduced to "'ant and compelled to pass their nights wrapped in ccarse, old, and ragged sack-cloth. Many families have become totally extinct. " (The Milap, January 28). . Again the same paper in its issue of January 26, gives the foilowing account as rel~ted by an eye-witness : ". . . . In the space of two or three minutes all was dark from the clouds of dust from the falling houses, so that nothing could be seen. The earth rocked, shook, trembled, and huge- chasms and :fissures were constantly appearing in the ground on a:U sides, as if some invisible hand w('. lre clipping it with a huge pair of scissors. Out of these holes and fissures, large springs of water came gushing out and deluged the whole eountryside. The houses came down with deafening noises, and those who had net already been killed, ran hither and thither like mad men, trying to save their lives. But there was nowhere to go to. All was water, and everywhere the ground kept yawning open, and more and yet more water poured out from the interiors of the earth. " It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. The whole city lay in ruins. The roads had been torn and rent and all inarked by large pits and cavernous holes. Whole families had become wiped out. Those who until to-day had been rolling in riches have now become reduced to utter penury. '' (The Mitap, January 26). The_ Zamindar, dated February 3, writes! " Since last evening, Monghyr has been experiencing heavy rains. This has greatly added to the ·miseries_ of the inhabitants of this ill-starred city. They are at present. in sore straits. They have neither any clothing of ordinary wear nor any coverlets or blankets for use at night. In view of this state of things, some of the people have been heard to say: "Why did we J;lOt die too ? Death is far preferable to a life of this kind. 0 God, give us death. ;' The Milap, dated January 31, writes:. . . . . "Since last ni~ht, del_uges of rain have been}a~lili~ in M. Ufaffatpur and Patna. Thousands of people, who have been lying by tbe roadside overnight, are soaked to the skin and are shivering with cold. -The sky continues to be bvereast and lowering and there seem yet no signs of the rain stopping. "