Another Violent Earthquake

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6865, 23 May 1932, Page 7

Another Violent Earthquake

Rocks Central America HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received, Sunday, 9.50 p.m. NEW YORK, May 21. A message from San Salvador states that a violent earthquake rocked the west coast of Central America to-day, killing an undetermined number of persons and causing great loss of property. The bodies of six persons have been recovered from the ruins of Zacatecoluga, 65 miles south-west of San Salvador. Others were injured. Crippled communication lines prevented the receipt of reports from other parts of the country. Fear is folt for San Vincente, which is believed to have suffered the severest effects of the earthquake, which was felt in three republics, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. The shock lasted three minutes. Earthquakes and Noises DAY OF ALARMS IN AN AUSTRALIAN TOWN. SYDNEY, May 21. A series of earth tremors has been experienced at Narromine during the past 24 hours. The main shock on Friday morning was heralded by an explosion similar to that of a land .mine, well underground. Buildings shook and rattled, and a heavy rumbling noise travelled underground.