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Show South American Cables Broken hy Earthquake WASHINGTON, March 3. Two earthquakes occurred in the South Pacific Pa-cific ocean last Saturday, resulting in tho breaking of both South American Ameri-can cables, according to information received here today. Further details aro lacking. Sersrnogrnphic records at Georgetown George-town university disclosed that both shocks were recorded there, the first, which -wa6 of considerable intensity, at 1:50 p. m., Saturday, and the second sec-ond at 6:48 p. m. The first continued until 2:25 p. m. The centers of the disturbances were estimated at about 3800 miles from Washington. oo |