EARTHQUAKE IN PERU.
WRECKING OF A TOWN.
MANY PEOPLE KILLED.
By Telegraph.—Press Association,—Copyright.
Lima, July 25. An earthquake has wrecked the town of Piura, on the foothills of the Cordilleras, in Northern Peru.
Many persons were killed and a large number of others were injured.
The town of Piura has a population of about 10,000. It is the centre of a district containing rich petroleum deposits.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 7
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