WHERE THE QUAKE HlT—Earthquake striking In the night virtually wiped out Concepcion, Chile’s southern capital, and razed 20 other towns and cities. Meager reports from the devastated areas indicated that no less than 10,000 persons were killed, with other thousands injured. Above, a school in Concepcion. Many buildings were of this old Colonial type.
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Matamata Record, Volume XX, Issue 2014, 6 March 1939, Page 7
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54WHERE THE QUAKE HIT—Earthquake striking In the night virtually wiped out Concepcion, Chile’s southern capital, and razed 20 other towns and cities. Meager reports from the devastated areas indicated that no less than 10,000 persons were killed, with other thousands injured. Above, a school in Concepcion. Many buildings were of this old Colonial type. Matamata Record, Volume XX, Issue 2014, 6 March 1939, Page 7
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