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*[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://archives.dawn.com/2005/10/25/fea.htm 1935 Quetta Earthquake] Dawn<br>
*[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://archives.dawn.com/2005/10/25/fea.htm 1935 Quetta Earthquake] Dawn<br>
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india43_1.html Queen's Royal Surrey Accounts]
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india43_1.html Queen's Royal Surrey Accounts]
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/sept/quetta.htm Down Memory Lane: Disaster at Quetta—The Great Earthquake of 1935] by Capt (Retd) A A Jilani. Extracts from the ''Royal Corps of Signals Journal UK''. defencejournal.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090107093441/http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/sept/quetta.htm Down Memory Lane: Disaster at Quetta—The Great Earthquake of 1935] by Capt (Retd) A A Jilani. Extracts from the ''Royal Corps of Signals Journal UK''. defencejournal.com, now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.hibbitt.org.uk/ellen-gardner/quetta-earthquake-1935.html  The Quetta Earthquake Of 1935: The R.A.F.'s Account] hibbitt.org.uk.  Cyril Norman Ellen was the Squadron Leader of No. 5 (AC) Squadron, RAF which was based at Quetta when the disaster. His wife Ellen subsequently was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Silver Medal for her part in rescue operations. Includes a list of the casualties of No. 5 (AC) Squadron. With photographs.
*[http://www.hibbitt.org.uk/ellen-gardner/quetta-earthquake-1935.html  The Quetta Earthquake Of 1935: The R.A.F.'s Account] hibbitt.org.uk.  Cyril Norman Ellen was the Squadron Leader of No. 5 (AC) Squadron, RAF which was based at Quetta when the disaster. His wife Ellen subsequently was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Silver Medal for her part in rescue operations. Includes a list of the casualties of No. 5 (AC) Squadron. With photographs.
*Scroll down to an [http://www.4fathers.thestoreshed.com/Maddocks/FrankGertrude.htm  Account of the Quetta Earthquake] by Mrs F Maddocks, whose husband Frank Maddocks was attached to the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Originally appeared in the ''North Devon Journal'' under the title "Quetta, City Of Sorrow". The Journal date given appears incorrect-possibly it may be March 14th, 1936. Maddocks Family History. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
*Scroll down to an [https://web.archive.org/web/20151001203215/http://www.4fathers.thestoreshed.com/Maddocks/FrankGertrude.htm  Account of the Quetta Earthquake] by Mrs F Maddocks, whose husband Frank Maddocks was attached to the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Originally appeared in the ''North Devon Journal'' under the title "Quetta, City Of Sorrow". The Journal date given appears incorrect-possibly it may be March 14th, 1936. Now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/12/quetta-when-city-crumbled.html "Quetta: When a city crumbled"]  qissa-khwani.com
*[http://www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/12/quetta-when-city-crumbled.html "Quetta: When a city crumbled"]  qissa-khwani.com
*[http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/exhibits/web_listview  Images:  Quetta earthquake 1935]  including a map of “Disposition Of Troops for Rescue Work” 31 May 1935. Balochistan Archives
*[http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/exhibits/web_listview  Images:  Quetta earthquake 1935]  including a map of “Disposition Of Troops for Rescue Work” 31 May 1935. Balochistan Archives

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The Quetta earthquake happened on 31 May 1935 and measured 7.7 on the Richter scale. An estimated 30,000 to 60,000 people died.

Gallery

Quetta Bond

Quetta Bond is a technique developed after the Quetta earthquake, used in brick and other masonry buildings, where vertical reinforcement is used to improve horizontal and vertical bond between walls (see image)[1]. "The Quetta Bond is simply a slight variant of [the brick laying technique] 1½ Flemish Bond where the voids are filled with concrete and steel reinforcement bars rather than brick. It was almost certainly invented (if that is the right word) by Royal Engineers. The RE was heavily involved in the aftermath of the Quetta earthquake".[2]

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. "Earthquake Risk Profile Risk Reduction & Technical Capacity in the EAS Member Countries" by Sudhir K Jain. nidm.gov.in. Scroll down
  2. QGE. Quetta Bond/Rat Trap Bond: brick buildings-Help please Great War Forum 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016