Survivor of 1935 earthquake

On April 21, 1935, a 7.1 earthquake shook central Taiwan around 6:02 am.

A baby girl barely one year old was sleeping inside a bamboo basinet on the second floor of a house built with fine wood.

The basinet fell into an open drain and was toppled with piles of wood from the fallen building which killed one unlucky neighbor. However all residents of that house was able to escape to safty when they started to look for the baby. Following weak crying through the cracks, they lifted debris to find the baby with the help of a strong neighbor whose work was transporting carriages. The man of the house was not at home that morning as he went to a nearby town for a festival. They were relieved to see the baby alive with a big bump on the left side of her head.

This survivor of earthquake is my mom. I found a picture of the town she lived right after that disaster.