EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE
MANAGUA DESTROYED
CAPITAL OF NICARAGUA
MANY AMERICAN VICTIMS
tTnitcd I'ress Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyrigli t. (Received Ist April, 2 p.m.) MANAGUA (Nicaragua), 31st March. It is estimated lhat upwards of a thousand people were killed, including many Americans, in an earthquake and fire on Tuesday, which destroyed the city. The injured are estimated at several thousand. The earthquake struck the city at 10.10 a.m. Fire broke out immediately, raging through the business district. The American and British Legations were destroyed, the Nicaraguan Government offices were wrecked, and banks and department stores and office buildings burned. The water mains burst, and the streets were flooded. The United Slates Marines took charge, and martial la,w • was declared.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 12
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118EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 12
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