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Over 100 Dead in Palestine Earthquake, Tentative Survey Shows

July 13, 1927
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Over 100 persons were killed in Palestine cities and villages during the earthquake Monday afternoon, tentative figures published here indicate.

According to the list compiled 60 persons were killed in Nablus, 12 in Ramleh, 30 in Ludd (railway junction) and two in Jerusalem.

The Mosque of Omar, the Moslem shrine crected by the followers of Mohammed on the site of Solomon’s Temple on Mount Moriah, was badly damaged by the shock, as was the government house on the Mount of Olives.

In addition to the dead in the cities, there were a number of casualties in the villages. No definite information as to the number has been ascertained.

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