TOWN WRECKED.
1300 KILLED.
EARTHQUAKE IN YUNNAN.
(bt cable—pbrss association—copybight.) (australian and n.z. cable association.) MELBOURNE, June 11. The Australian Council of the China Inland Mission luis received word from Ta-li-fu. a town of 24,000 inhabitants in the province of Yunnan, of a devastating earthquake, which completely \vrecke/L the town. Thirteen hundred were killed and a large number rendered homeless. Fire broke out in many quarters and many buildings were destroyed. The foreign community suffered no personal injury, and foreigners are returning to Yunnan-fu.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18406, 12 June 1925, Page 9
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