Apr. 05, 2012 - First Ucensored Pictures of Chinese quake of 1976 To Reach the west : Tangahan City Where Up to 500,000 Died: These are the first UN official, unensored pictures out of china -which show some of the damage caused by the July earthquakes- the world's worst for a least 12 years. They weretaken by a westerner from a slow moving train as it pulled away from the industrial city of Tangshan, epicentre of the Earthquake, 100 ,miles east of Peking
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Apr. 05, 2012 - First Ucensored Pictures of Chinese quake of 1976 To Reach the west : Tangahan City Where Up to 500, 000 Died: These are the first UN official, unensored pictures out of china -which show some of the damage caused by the July earthquakes- the world's worst for a least 12 years. They weretaken by a westerner from a slow moving train as it pulled away from the industrial city of Tangshan, epicentre of the Earthquake, 100 , miles east of Peking. A Million people lived in the city before the quake and the death toll has been put at 100, 000 by official Chinese Sources and at 500, 000 by foreign estimates. The natural phenomenon was made worse by a man-made one- a honeycomb of coal mine below the city. Their Collapse as violent tremors shook the city opened up vast sink-holes int which an entire hospital and a train are said to have disappeared. The railway system in and around the city was so badly hit that before it could be reopened repairs were needed for 144 miles of line. Picture Shows: A Grossly distorted railway coach abandoned in the quake area of Tangshan, the Chinese industrial city laid waste last July by the disaster which claimed up to a half- a Million lives. (Credit Image: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS)