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EARTHQUAKE

VIQLS3NT SEpiCK AT VAN- , OOUVER.' (Reoter'a .Telegramij.) VANCOUVER, Pec r 6. An earthquake shook the city early to-day. The shock was sufficient to shake people out of their beds along th© west -coast of Vancouver Island. The Estevan .lighthouse was damaged. The seismographs record further ■sharp 'quakes. from the direction <fi Mexico. WiBOLE OF NORTH 'AMERICA. . SHAKEN. WASHINGTON, Bet-fi. 4lii earthquake .of tremendous intensity was recorded by the Seismographs. It originated apparently 2600 miles south of Washington The whole of North America \ya s shaken. >FGTIk BUNDBED IBUILDINGIS DESTROYED AT QOPIAPO. tAnstrajUn »nd pible A>*«aJ»f»oaTy . -(Rpc Dec 9', §.40 a.m.) '/SANTIAGO), Dec. 6. The latest reports of the earthquake state that four hundred buildings were destroyed at .Copiapc;. the capital* ol Atacaina Province. Three tidal waves destroved a large portion of Port Taltal, nortA-west of Copiapo. Therd w|r§ Several deatbi and many" we-re injured--

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 295, 9 December 1918, Page 5

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EARTHQUAKE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 295, 9 December 1918, Page 5

EARTHQUAKE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 295, 9 December 1918, Page 5

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