QUAKE DAMAGE
MANY LIVES LOST. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). MEXICO CITY, May 20. Tt is reported from Mcxicala that 50 are dead and that the injured number 15 as the result of earthquakes there. Eire lias destroyed several houses, including half of the International Hotel. Every house in Mexieala was cracked, including the Government Palace.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1940, Page 5
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