THE EARTHQUAKES.
56 SHOCKS FELT. SUFFERING OF THE HOMELESS. EFFORTS AT RELIEF WORK*. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) Sydney Sun Gable.) (Received, April 23, 1.35 p.m.) SOFIA, April 22. Bulgaria experienced 56 earthquakes between April 12 and April 20, including 30 on April 19, and several to-day, completing the destruction of damaged buildings. * Incessant rain for 48 hours increased the sufferings of the homeless, who are living in rudimentary shelters. The damage in Philippopolis alone is estimated at £4,500,000. Many hospital patients are lying in beds in the open. ;} The Government is devoting £45,000 to relief and the building of hutments in the neighbourhood of the devastated houses. It has also postponed the collection of taxes, and instituted a six months’ moratorium in the stricken region. His Holiness the Pope has subscribed £450 to the relief fund, and 4her foreign help is coming in.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17385, 23 April 1928, Page 6
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