SCENES OF TERROR
WIDESPREAD EARTHQUAKE IN BULGARIA DAMAGE DONE IN FIVE TOWNS. PEOPLE PANIC-STRICKEN. Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. SOFIA. August 10. Scenes of terror were witnessed in five towns in central Bulgaria, when 800 square miles were shaken by a severe earthquake. Walls cracked, chimneys toppled down, and inhabitants rushed into the streets panicstricken. The towns affected included Plovdid, the second largest in Bulgaria. No details of casualties are available.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 August 1939, Page 5
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70SCENES OF TERROR Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 August 1939, Page 5
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