Another Great Prophecy Fulfilled — Page 17
11 palace and Motimahal palace, are in ruins ; Rajnagar, on whi,G. h the late Maharaja spent a c10re of rupees, is a deserttd village, wretked and ruined. Such is the fate of the Darbhanga palaces as a result of the recent earthquake as described in a Darbhanga communique. The Maharaja of Darbhanga's total loss is roughly estimated at Rs. 5 crores. " The Searchlight of Patna, in its issue dated the 29th of January, writes : "Qn the 15th of January, simultaneously with the earth- quake, fire discharged through the holes caused in the ground, and destroyed both the villages of Akdharm and Nathu," In its issue of January 18, the Haqiqat of Lucknow writes: A terrible destruction has overtaken Khatmandu which no words can describe. The Amarathoi Hill, in the range of mountains that run from Ramnagar to Khatmandu, has cleft from top to bottom, as a result of which a strange hole has appeared in it. At the bottom of this opening; a spring of boiling and whirling water has suddenly appeared. From this spring, a strange kind of dangerous vapours are rising up, so dangerous that no one can go near them. " Three of the royal palaces, which were such marvels of architectural beauty that even European engineers were struck with wonder to see them, have been destroyed. What is still more deplorable, a huge fissure has appeared in the road going thither which has put a stop to all communications for the. tirile being. It is feared that it will take some days before com. munications can be restoi;~d. Though much devastation has been caused in the Nepal State, and many thousands of lives have been lost, the most marvellous thing that has resulted from this catastrophe is that many springs that were perenni· ally bubbling with water have now completely disappeared. "Kolahmandi, Nepalganj, and Bhaknathori also all present a mournful sight of dev9. station and ruin. All bazars have collapsed and a deep sepulchral silence and frightful desoia. tion reign. N epalganj, which contained rich godowns of merchandise, has suffered particularly heavily, all its stores having been destroyed. Its loss· in property runs into lakhs of rupees. "The mountaneous parts of the country have suffered i:llcisf heavily. To say nothing of human beings, even th~ beasts of the Jungle seem to have' become shocked o·ut of their senses, so that, instead of running away from human beings, they n¢w :run tow~rds thcm1. "