TOWN WRECKED.
'QUAKE IN COSTA RICA. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. {Bt CABLE— PHESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.) (t>*DNX5f "faUN" bEHYICE.) NEW YORK, March 4. Half the buildings in the town of San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, have been destroyed by an earthquake. There was heavy loss of life. The American Legation building collapsed. COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED. (ACSTaALIAN AND K.Z. CASUS ASSOCIATION.} (Received March Sth, 8.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 4. The occupants of the American Legation escaped uninjured. Communication with neighbouring cities is broken.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18015, 6 March 1924, Page 11
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