Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Sonkrai and the Nias earthquake
Continued working today on the story of the evacuation trek through central Sumatra in February and March, 1942.
The British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian and Asian soldiers and evacuees were waiting desperately for an evacuation ship, the Chilka to arrive before the Japanese attack.
A Japanese submarine surfaced and shelled the Chilka on March 11, 1942, sinking the freighter off the island of Nias, off Sumatra.
Profile of Chilka
Record of Japanese submarine I-2 that sunk the Chilka.
As I was working on this part of the book, I realized that it was the island of Nias that was struck by the magnitude 8.7 earthquake hours earlier.
CBC News stories on Nias.
Aftershocks adding to earthquake chaos
8:03 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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Continued working today on the story of the evacuation trek through central Sumatra in February and March, 1942.
The British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian and Asian soldiers and evacuees were waiting desperately for an evacuation ship, the Chilka to arrive before the Japanese attack.
A Japanese submarine surfaced and shelled the Chilka on March 11, 1942, sinking the freighter off the island of Nias, off Sumatra.
Profile of Chilka
Record of Japanese submarine I-2 that sunk the Chilka.
As I was working on this part of the book, I realized that it was the island of Nias that was struck by the magnitude 8.7 earthquake hours earlier.
CBC News stories on Nias.
Aftershocks adding to earthquake chaos
8:03 PM posted by Robin Rowland
Permanent Link
