DISASTER IN MEXICO
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United Press Association —By Electr/j Telegraph—Copyright.
GREAT EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE
TWO HUNDRED BODIES RECOVERED.
(Received June 8, 2 p.m.)
MEXICO CITY, June 7.
A great earthquake has been experienced here, resulting in much damage and loss of life.
Two hundred bodies have already been taken from the ruins.
The damage is heavy in the city All the wires are down.
The city is crowded with people gathered to witness the celebration of General Madero's entry.
There were several seismic shocks when General Madero was being proclaimed the new Liberator. The scene amid the flames resulting from the earthquake was striking. Madero's arrival dispelled the panic that followed the first shocks. SHOCK RECORDED IN ENGLAND. LONDON, June 7. The seismographs at West Bromwich Observatory recorded a huge earthquake at 11.15 o'clock to-day. The earthquake occurred over 6000 miles away. SUSTAINED EARTH TREMOR. RECORDED IN SYDNEY. LASTS FOR THREE HOURS. Received This Morning, 12.55 o'clock. SYDNEY, June 8. The Sydney Observatory recorded a big earth tremour last night.
The tremor lasted for three hours. Its centre was a thousand miles away. It is the biggest recorded since January, and was probably that cabled from Mexico.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10258, 9 June 1911, Page 5
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