New Tremors Bring Down Greek Homes
(N Z P.A. Reuter—Copyright) ATHENS, Feb. 7. Three strong tremors last night shook the mountainous Evritania area of central Greece, bringing down many houses damaged in yesterday’s earthquake, police said.
The original earthquake killed one person and injured 21 but there were no reports of casualties after yesterday's tremors.
damaged homes and hearing requests from the homeless. His wife, wearing a fur coat and knee-high boots, took young children in her arms and tried to comfort mothers whose homes and belongings had been lost in the disaster. Later the King and Queen drove back to Athens.
Most of the 4000 people made homeless yesterday had camped out rather than go back into damaged buildings for fear they would collapse on them. Royal Visit King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie flew by helicopter to the disaster area yesterday to visit and comfort the homeless. Women and children sheltered in tents, sheepfolds, and straw huts while their menfolk lit fires in the streets and huddled round them for warmth at night when temperatures plunged below freezing. The King, who wore field marshal’s uniform. supervised relief work, examining
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30979, 8 February 1966, Page 17
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