FALL OF CLIFF.
ARAB WEDDING OVERWHELMED. United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 29, 7.0 p.m.) LONDON, December 29. The Algiers correspondent of “The Daily Mail” reports that while an Arab wedding was being celebrated in the native quarter of the city, an overhanging cliff, which had been undermined by excavations and rains, collapsed. The bride and her family guests and the musicians perished, only the bridegroom being saved. About fifty natives were entombed, but the death roll is uncertain.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18763, 30 December 1930, Page 8
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80FALL OF CLIFF. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18763, 30 December 1930, Page 8
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