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THREE MEXICAN TOWNS RAZED MANY KILLED AND INJURED By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright. Received December 21, 5.5 p.m. VANCOUVER, Dee. 20. It is reported that the towns Grandes, Husabas, and Opoto were razed by an earthquake. The report was received by President Durazo, of Agua Prieta, who was asked to send food and tents to the stricken zone. All three towns are in Sonora. Many were killed and injured. According to reports, the earthquake occurred on Thursday night. [Sonora is a State of North-west Mexico, on the Gulf of California. Its area is 7000 square miles and its population 260,000].
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18900, 22 December 1923, Page 5
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