FALL OF A CHURCH TOWER
SEVERAL MIRACULOUS ESCAPES. United Press Association —Copyright Received September 2, 9.39 p.m. LONDON, September 2. A tower 300 feet high of the famous Sanctuary of the Crucified at Baca, collapsed owing to disturbance of the foundations. A regiment or intantiy quitted the basilica a few minutes before. No lives were lost, though there were numerous remarkable escapes. Tho loss is estimated at £IOO,OOO. The chapel containing the supposed miraculous imago of the Madonna is intact.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2175, 3 September 1907, Page 2
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80FALL OF A CHURCH TOWER Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2175, 3 September 1907, Page 2
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