THE CHILIAN EATHQUAKE.
RESCUED FROM THE DEBRIS. COLLAPSE OF COPPER MINES. LARGE NUMBER OF FATALITIES. GHOULS AT WORK. REFUGEE HARDSHIPS. Rceived 24th, 10.26 p.m. VALPARAISO, August 24. Dynamiting of ruins in Valparaiso released a man and his wile, who had been entombed for four days.
During the shocks the Catomon copper mines collapsed and thirty seven were killed.
Thirty-eight out of forty telephonists in Valparaiso were killed. The President-Elect's residence collapsed. His wife fell from the balcony to the street, where thieves cut off her fingers and ears to secure jewellery. She was apparently dying and was conveyed to a warship. Heavy rains have increased the campers' hardships. LONDON RELIEF FUND. Received 24th, 10.26 p.m. LONDON, August 24. The Lcndon relief fund amounts tO jC23,2CV
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81831, 25 August 1906, Page 3
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125THE CHILIAN EATHQUAKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81831, 25 August 1906, Page 3
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