Another Great Prophecy Fulfilled — Page 16
16 The Aljamiat of Delhi, dated January 24, 1934, writes: According to the reports so far received, of all the places within the affected area the heaviest loss of life and property has been suffered by the towns and cities of the Bihar ·province, including chiefly Patna, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Lahria Sarai, Monghyr, Jamalpur, Gaya, Batia, Tirhut, Pornia, Posa, Samastipur, Saran, Champaren, Motihar, Sahibganj, Sitamarhi, Chapra, Janaitpur, Hajipur, Deghi, Ara, and many other lesser towns and villages. As regards Monghyr, Darbbanga and Muzaffarpur, they have been completely destroyed. In Monghyr, only four houses remain standing. In Patna, no building has been found which has not been destroyed either wholly or in part. In the former town, thousands of dead bodies have been extricated from beneath the debris, while thousands more are still lying beneath the heaps of bricks and mortar and the iron girders. In the towns and in the country, the earth cracked and large fissures and rents appeared in the ground out of which large streams of subterranean waters gushed out. In some places chasms of hundreds of feet in diameter appeared through which for hours together large jets of boiling water shot up to the height of twenty feet and more into the air. This caused such heavy floods all over the surrounding area that even those places which had always hitherto been marked by scarcity of water throughout the year, became seven feet deep lakes of water. Near Patna, the waters of the Ganges completely disappeared for five minutes, leaving its bed dry. At the end of five minutes the river became suddenly flooded with water and began to flow with great force. From the deep ravines, sulphur and sand discharged in large quantities. The crops have been completely destroyed, and whole villages have become submerged under water. Outbrealis of fire also wrought great destruction. In Monghyr and in Muzaffarpur, thousands of dead bodies of those who had perished were. irrespective of caste or creed, thrown into the Ganges. Those who have survived the disaster have been rendered homeless and destitute and are in the most pitiable condition imagin- able. " The Statesman, Delhi, in its issue of 20th January, writes: " [he Maharaja of Darbhanga's Palace is reduced to an unrecognisable heap. " The Civil_& Military Gazette of Lahore, in its issue of February 9, writes: " The tower and several wa11s of Anandbagh paiace bavt! c;olla\>sed, and the remaining- walls dama~ed i Nur~awa111I.