Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-23 | Page 27 | Armenians Fear New Earthquake

ARMENIANS fAR NE NW EARTHQUAKE Victims of Last Disaster Dig Homes in Ground as Shocks Hit LEI AKA SovIet Armenia Jan 22 AP a I new ter refugees s made by the gre great t earthquake of oC October 22 are r digging new ne homes In tile the 2 ground A Although hough now d and pursuing their normal ons tile the Armenian people are still under constant nt strain and because of oC the recurrent earth earth- shocks s whIch have persisted with wih dist disturbing l' l frequency since October These These- intermittent shocks some of which have been ben very severe have left nian of the natives In a 11 stat state resembling cl Many of them have refused to return to their oWn homes because of fear that another and greater grenter earthquake may overwhelm them A statement by a prominent Leningrad scientist that these shocks are likely to continue con con- throughout the winter has added to their anxiety The earthquake e taught them that their ramshackle homes build above e od ground ot of crude uncut stone held together together with mud and straw were too flImsy to withstand the constant s to t which Armenia Ar- Ar menia is subject HOMES WRECKED In very every village in in the areas the Associated ted Press PLess correspondent corro- corro who visited be- be fore and after atter tiltS the earthquake found rows of these new subterranean homes which with only their earthen roots roofs and a part ot of their walls wals showing above e ground blo ble closely the shell proof proof dugouts In France d during tIle the World war var That they are durable and permanent permanent perma- perma nent by the t fact that they successfully resisted the successive earthquakes which followed the disastrous dis- dis upheaval al ot of October 22 Helped with wih funds and moral encouragement encouragement en- en by the American peo- peo pie this traditionally unfortunate people have rehabilitated their wrecked homes and fortunes with amazing rapidity In spite spie of bitter biter wintry weather lack of materials and money they have In almost every case been able to replace their ruIned domiciles with wih better beter and dw stronger The soviet government Is pro pro- them with building materials at cost plus a small smal Interest tile the principal of oC which they may rep repay y yin in Instalments The city oL of Leni- Leni which bore the brunt of the thee e ea has resumed d Its normal life Ufe Only here hele and there are evidences evidences evi- evi dences of the disaster The ArmenIan people have hae rebuilt more than 60 per cent ot of the area laid waste by the earthquakes earth earth- q quakes akes wilch buried alive peo peo- pIe obliterated thIrty eIght vii vii- vi- vi lages made people homeless and property entailed damage mIons of dollars