![]() ![]() The region is in the limelight for its legendary folktales such as the love story of Siti Nurbaya who was forced to marry an old wealthy merchant and the story of an ungodly man, Malin Kundang, who was cursed to stone by his mother. ![]() This study hopefully opens new insights for the development of disaster disciplines and provides access to the development of the study of the history of disasters in developing countries, particularly in Indonesia.Padang is the capital city of West Sumatra Province and is one of the largest cities in Indonesia. Historical methods and methodologies were used in this study to combine fragments of information found in contemporary newspapers, especially those discussing the situation of societies and the policies of the Dutch colonial government in dealing with the earthquake of 1926 in Padang Panjang. ![]() These narratives become crucial amid the difficulty of finding historical statistical data for disaster studies that depict the chaotic situation caused by natural disasters in the past. * Corresponding author: study explores contemporary newspaper narratives on the devastation caused by the earthquake of 1926 in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra. ![]() Yenny Narny 1 *, Robert Cribb 2, Yudhi Andoni 1 and Ifkar Fikri 1ġ Department of History, Andalas University 25163 Padang, West Sumatera IndonesiaĢ Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs, Australian National University, Canberra-Australia ![]()
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