TOWN DESTROYED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17451, 27 December 1930, Page 5

TOWN DESTROYED

’QUAKE IN ARGENTINA 38 KILLED: 70 INJURED (Elec. Tul. Copyright.-—United Press Assn.) NEW YORK, December 24. News from Bulla, Argentine, slates that 38 were killed and 70 injured in at. earthquake which rocked 1 he Slate of l.n I’oina early on Wednesday. Fragmentary dispatches say that the entire town of La Poma. has been, desi roved.

Thirty-eight bodies were recovered from the debris of the ruined town. The earthquake shook the northern Argentine. Undulatory shocks moved from east, to west. Great crevices appeared in the majority of the buildings, which collapsed. The survivors labored beneath tottering walls and alongside lmlffnllen structures, seeking the bodies of relatives. Most of the population of 3000 must live in tents for several weeks. Military forces have been sent to take charge of the rescue work and render first aid.

Only two policemen were on duty when the ’quake occurred, and the population was thrown into the utmost confusion.

Heavy rains accompanied by an electrical storm broke over the ruins, and hindered the search for the dead and injured, sinrl imposed great; difficulties upon rescue parties seeking the reach the stricken area. Women and children among the survivors were kept at a safe distance from The tottering buildings, while .the male population sought to bolster such structures as were not ile«t roved onti rely.

The widespread damage caused by the earthquake was not revealed until dnvliffht. when it was found many edifices had been made insecure.

Mnnv women were restrained with difficult'* during the night from entering (be ruins of llteir dwellings to seek missing members of their families.