EARTHQUAKES.
GREAT DAMAGE AT PORT ROYAL. MAXY SOLDiKRs INJURED. Press Atisodatiou-By Telegraph- Copyright < NEW YORK, .hint 14. Word from Kingston states -that an earthquate. from Ih-ti south-east tva< especially severe at Port Royal, destroying the walls of the temporary buildings that w.r--under construction th°iv. During tlis dash for the op.-n -10 of thoRoyal Garrison Artillery and Royal Engineers were injured, eleven seriously, and 15 m-.-n had to b* conveyed -jo ihe.ho:pital. Six'.soldiers of the. Wist Tndia Regiment were- injured at Uppak while making-, a, similar dash. Thev panic was intensified by tin?, curious turbulence--of the sea near the coast. HOUSES AND BRIDGES DESTROYED. FIVE PERSONS KILLED. VALPARAISO. Jim?- 14. An -earthquake destroyed a number of houses; and two railway bridges at Valfiina. Five persons we-iv?. killed
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13313, 15 June 1907, Page 5
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126EARTHQUAKES. Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13313, 15 June 1907, Page 5
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