CONVULSIONS OF NATURE.
Earthquakes in Southern Europe. HEAVY DEATH BOLE FEARED. United Press Association —By El or trio Telegraph—Copyright SOFIA, March 8. One hundred and fifty were killed and 500 Injured in Southern Jugoslavia in a severe earthquake to-day. A thousand buildings were demoll ished, chiefly in Radomir, Kustendil and Petrich. DISASTROUS SHAKES. TERROR-STRICKEN POPULACE. United Press Association— By Wsctrlo Telegraph—Copyright BELGRADE, March 8. King Alexander and the Prime Minister (M. Zivkovitch) have started for Southern Serbia, the scene of disastrous earthquakes during the past 48 hours, resulting in twenty-four being killed and seventy injured. The terror-stricken populace left the damaged villages in the Verdar district, driving their flocks. They camped in the open country. No houses are standing in Tirava and Valandove. The railways and bridges are wrecked. One field telephone is communicating with the outer world. The army and civil authorities are organising relief.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18822, 10 March 1931, Page 9
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146CONVULSIONS OF NATURE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18822, 10 March 1931, Page 9
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