AN EARTHQUAKE
IN SOUTHERN MEXICO.
MANY INJURIES
[United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—-Copyright. 1
(Received this day at 12 noon). MEXICO, January 15. Wireless reports to the Department of Communications to-day said: - - “Twenty-five were killed or injured at Oaxaca by an earthquake which rocked all southern Mexico last night. T lie City itself looked as though shelled lor hours. Telegraphic coin muni: ation is impossible. It is feared the death roll is higher.
Aloxi o City was shaken for four minutes. One person was killed and 25 injured. The walls and houses wore shaken down.
. Oaxaca advices says:—lt is impossible to describe the panic and confusion. The City js almost tot aIN destroyed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1931, Page 5
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