CATASTROPHE AT COSTA RICA
TOWX DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE. 350 BODIES RECOVERED. CRIMINALS OX TIIE PLUNDER". By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, May (I.
ill*. Carnegie's Palace of Pence at Cartago was destroyed by the earthquake.
Three hundred and fifty bodies have already been recovered from the. ruins. The injured are being conveyed to San Jose, fourteen miles away. When the houses were crumbling and the inmates rushing to the streets, thieves anil murderers escaped from tin- gaols and began plundering, increasing the general terror. Martial law has been proclaimed.
An immense meteor two hours after lln earthquake crossed the Nicaraguan frontier, leaving a luminous track. This augmented the fenrs of the .populace.
CONSIDERABLE SUFFERING
London, May 0.
Renter's Panama corresipondent advices that the earthquake caused much suffering in the province. Besides C'artago, towns on the railways thence to Port Lemon were affected.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 384, 9 May 1910, Page 4
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141CATASTROPHE AT COSTA RICA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 384, 9 May 1910, Page 4
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