QUAKE DISASTER
IN RGUAIANIA. ■ • i IV -• i.(United Press Association—By Electric v Telegraph.—Copyright.) BUCHAREST, Nov. 2. The Princess Ilvna -was nearly drowned by a tidal wave, following >an earthquake, when her yacht, in which she was sailing from Constanza, was dashed on a reef. The Princess got ashore perilously, with the crew, in a dinghy. Darkness overspread the country, .resulting in the * Const an tinopleBucharest express dashing through a ■ group of railway workers, of whom six- were killed and many were injured. - The driver did not know of ..qthe tragedy until the train’s arrival jat Bucharest. The engine was splashed with blood.
.. Many houses were damaged, and one woman was killed -by a statue of the Virgin which fell from the niche of a church. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1929, Page 5
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