COLLAPSE OF A CHURCH TOWER.
Marvellous Escapes. Press Association. —Copyright. London, September S. The tower, SCO feet high, of tho famous Sanctuary 'of the Crucified at Boca collapsed owing to the disturbance of its foundations. A regiment of infantry had quitted tho Basilica a few minutes earlier but 110 lives were lost, though there were numerous remarkable escapes. Tho loss is estimated at JsJIOO,OOO. The chapel containing the .supposed miraculous imago of tho Madonna ia intact.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8911, 3 September 1907, Page 2
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76COLLAPSE OF A CHURCH TOWER. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8911, 3 September 1907, Page 2
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