VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
(Press. Assn.-
SANTIAGO DE CUBA WRECKED BY EARLY MORNING ' , ■■ • SHAKE HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
-By Telegraph — Copyright).
Rec. Feb. 3, 11 p.m. HAVANA, Wednesday. A report reached the Spariish newspaper, "E1 Mundo" that at one o'clock this morning the City of Santiago, (Cuba) had been laid in ruins by an earthquake, with a toll of 2000 lives. A later message from Santiago states that one-third of the city is in ruins, and 1500 persons are estimated to he dead, following two severe earthquake shocks early this morning. A despatch from the yacht Corinth states that an earthquake was observed on the mainland. Heavy damage is indicated and the loss of life cannot he ascertained.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 139, 4 February 1932, Page 3
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