Director of the Djocjocarta Hospital's escape from the earthquake
Published October 5, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Millennial Star Research
During a massive earthquake in the district of Djocjocarta, Java, at 4:30 in the morning, the hospital was destroyed. The director of the hospital and one of his children survived, but the rest of his family perished in the ruins.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 29, No. 37 (14 September 1867), p. 590):
At Djocjocarta, in Java, a terrible earthquake occurred on the 10th of June, at half-past four in the morning. The hospital was destroyed, and the director, with one of his children, escaped, but the rest of his family perished in the ruins.
In Their Own Words
“Among the buildings destroyed was the Djocjocarta Hospital, by which catastrophe the whole of the family of the director perished, only the father and one child succeeding in making their escape. — Millennial Star 29:37”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 14 September 1867 (Vol. 29, No. 37). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1867-09-14_29_37 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 29, No. 37 (14 September 1867), p. 590 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1867-09-14_29_37
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