TRAGIC DEATH-ROLL IN CHILE
Reports Of Thousands Dead Not Overestimated
(Received January 27, 1.10 a.m.)
NEW YORK, January 26. It is now indicated that the first report that 2000 persons are dead in Concepcion, as a result of Chile’s disastrous earthquake, is likely to be accurate. A thousand more are seriously injured and many thousands arc missing from the stricken regions, but it is hoped that these may. be safe in the hills where they fled fearful of new shocks.
The British cruisers Exeter ttnJ Ajax. on.a courtesy visit to Valparaiso, volunteered to transport supplies, but the Government replied. ’‘Thanks, everything •is under control.” Foreign steamship lines operating in Chilean wafers also offered their vessels, and airlines offered their machines to aid the Government. The vastuess of Ute tusk of restoration is seen in the fact that legislative leaders are preparing the speedy enactment of a forced loan of 500,000,000 pesos for reconstruction purposes. Public collections and funds for the victims are expected to reach many millions more.
lieconstruction is expected to prove specially difficult for the new Popular Frufit Government, whose recent election has been - otherwise beclouded by many difficult issues and obstructions from Conservative elements.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 105, 27 January 1939, Page 5
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