’QUAKES IN IRAN
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) TEHERAN, Feb. 15. Severe earthquakes in a' north-west province have killed at least 20 persons, injured more than 100 others and destroyed thousands of homes. The reports said the earthquakes in the province of Azerbaijan killed thousands of livestock and left thousands of persons homeless in bitter cold. Officials said 50 per cent of the homes in the stricken area were destroyed. Heavy snows blocked rescue relief trains trying to reach the stricken area from Teheranto, the Azerbaijan capital of Tabriz.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30676, 16 February 1965, Page 13
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87’QUAKES IN IRAN Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30676, 16 February 1965, Page 13
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