SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
IN SOUTHERN YUGOSLAVIA.
HEAVY CASUALTY LIST. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 10.45 a.m.) Belgrade, March 9. Crashing landslides and huge boiling geysers spouting skywards, and ominous rumblings through the entire lengths of the rock-bound Strauma Valley, accompanied the Yugo-Slavia earthquake. Mineral springs at Strumnitza vanished in a few minutes, reappearing at Valandovo, ten miles away, where scalding mineralised water gushed from great cracks in the earth. Many inhabitants at Strumnitza were concluding the Saturday night's festivals in the cafes when the lights failed. Buildings rocked and their ceilings fell. The panic-stricken guests rushed into the pouring rain and huddled in shelterless fields until dawn. It is known, despite the interrupted communications, that Strumnitza was almost destroyed. Travellers report the demolition of the army barracks at Berov, extensive damage to peasants' dwellings, and widespread destruction in Bulgarian and Greek territory.
(A message from Sofia, Bulgaria, stated that 150 people are dead and 500 injured in southern Yugoslavia. Also 1000 buildings are reported to have been demolished, chiefly in the Radomir, Kustendil and Petrich districts.)
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3277, 10 March 1931, Page 5
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