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THE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.

A CATASTROPHE OF APPALLING ' MAGNITUDE. •TEN THOUSAND LIVES LOST. Tokio, June 19. As further details of the recent earthquakes come to hand, the catastrophe is shown to have been of an appalling magnitude. The tidal wave which followed the earthquake shocks devastated seventy miles of country along the north-east coast, and no less than 10,000 people were swept away.

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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7661, 20 June 1896, Page 2

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THE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7661, 20 June 1896, Page 2

THE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7661, 20 June 1896, Page 2