EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA.
r * » TWO THOUSAND LIVES LOST. fci .. — . i SEVERAL TOWNS DESTROYED. United Service. NEW YORK.. Dec. 23. The correspondent of the United Press ' of America at Shanghai states that it is reported that 2000 lives were lost in an earthquake in the Kansu Province, in North-we,st China. The first shock occurred on December 16, and the earthquake is still continuing. Several towns have been demolished.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17663, 27 December 1920, Page 5
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67EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17663, 27 December 1920, Page 5
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