HEAVY DAMAGE
CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO HAVOC IN THE CAPITAL & ELSEWHERE. SOME ALARMING REPORTS FROM INTERIOR. (By Telegraph—Press- Association—Copyright) MEXICO CITY, April 15. A heavy earth tremor shook the city today. Telephone services were interrupted and bricks, stonework and cornices crashed to the streets. Large fires occurred in the industrial section. It is reported without confirmation that 30 persons were killed in an earthquake at Colima City, where half of the buildings were destroyed. • The damage in Mexico City is estimated at 3,000,000 pesos. More alarming reports have been received from the interior. Strong earthquakes have been reported from the vicinity of the volcanoes of Orizaba, Cofre and Perote.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1941, Page 5
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110HEAVY DAMAGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1941, Page 5
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