BID EARTHQUAKE
• TWO THOUSAND KIDDED. | United-Press Association.--.ily Electric Telegraph—Copyright]. TEHEE AN, May ,10. Numerous casualties ■ and damage have been, caused by';earthquakes in the Azerbaijan' district, 1.., iS r orth-western ' Persia, • oh' I t-KI’l"southeastern. 1 ’ I"southeastern. •■-•shores of the . Caspian Sohi.' The shocks'-Were most seve'fe ai the town of Salmas, which has been almost entirely destroyed. The new quarter of the town has suffered extensively. ‘lt is reported that two thousand people have been killed, and five Hundred injured in the Salmas district. Many tremors,were felt at the city of Tabriz, these .culminating on Friday in a terrible -earthquake,, lasting for one and n-hal.f mi flutes'. The panic-stricken population of the city fled, and took refuge in the hill to the southward, where they are camping. The town of Tabriz is deserted. The Shah has given - two thousand sterling to the relief fund.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1930, Page 3
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142BID EARTHQUAKE Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1930, Page 3
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