RUINS AT ALMERIA
THE SEARCH FOR BODIES
■■■■■) 36 DEAD^ 65 WOUNDED
Vnited ' Press -Association— By Electric Telegi v ph—Copyright. (Receiy-ed June 1, 1 p.m.) ' . ' I VALENCIA, May 31. Amid seen as of dreadful destruction in.Almeria, j'the search of the debris for bodies continues.
Hie latest, figures indicate that 36 persons we'fe killed in the bombardment and 6;s wounded, while a hundred «.:e'missin:|. Hundreds more must have been i killed but for a false air raid warning which last night sent the populace idito the bomb-proof shelters, ■where thc^y were still huddled when the bombardment began. The rrflri of shells rapidly reduced much of i-the town to ruins.
An eyewitness says: "When the bombardmeiri- ceased there were terrible scenes jas the fear-stricken people cmerge(j) from cellars or hurried to the cit-J fijom the nearby countryside to seai*:h the shattered buildings for relativ ps and friends. Every house is down £n one street." Apa Ct from its own population. Aimer j| a was packed with refugees from 3 Malaga. |
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 10
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167RUINS AT ALMERIA Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 10
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