EARTHQUAKE IN BOLIVIA
TWO KILLED IN CITY OF SUCRE
LA PAZ (Bolivia), March 2S. A severe earthquake to-day snooK Sucre, the nominal capital of Bolivia. (La Paz is the actual seat of governTwo persons were killed and 1-1 injured. Telephone communications were disrupted. ■ _ . . The recently-completed Palace ot Justice and the sports stadium were damaged. Hundreds of homes wire Cr Neurly all the city’s inhabitants fled into the streets. Many knelt in and were afraid to return to their homes for fear of another treiroi.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 143, 30 March 1948, Page 3
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