COLLAPSE OF A TOWER
SOME REMARKABLE ESCAPES.
SERIOUS FINANCIAL LOSS,
Prea Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 2. (Received Sept. 2, at 9.39 p.m.) , A tower, 300 ft high, of the famous Sanctuary of. t'he Crucified at Boca, collapsed owing to a disturbance of the foundations. •
A regiment of infantry quitted tlio basilica a few minutes More the collapse. No livqs were lost, though there were numerous remarkable escapes. The lo6b is estimated at £100,000. .
The chapel containing the supposed miraculous image of the Madonna is intact.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13998, 3 September 1907, Page 5
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