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Show J Costa Rican Earthquake Took 1500 Lives j ' ' By Associated TrosB. I ,v ,SA5f ''08K' Cost" iea. Mar list of dead in the earthquake disaster which de.troved Cartage 4 T Wednesday now numbors not less fhan 1500. d,,u J ? The city was destroyed by an earthquake which lasted twenty-four seconds. It was a tremendous move- ' J ment, which lollowcd a few minor shocks during the r.ourS of tho day. It occurred at 7 o'clock in tho 4. evomng iho inhabitants hud no timo to run out of their houses, which fell crashing to the streets Hnd '4 . thc groat shock come during thc sleeping hours hardly any could have escaped 4 Every house and building wnS totally destroyed, including the palaco of the American peace court ' donated by Andrew Carnece. Identification of tho dead, oven by the records, is how impossible. The W- " T itnn colony immediately set about to roscuo those pinned down by wreckage. 5. Many families have been wiped out. ' JL T Rafael Angel Troyo, the Costa Rican poet, whose works are known in many countries, is among the dead 4 4. Two priests and ton children were killed at the Silesian college. v 4 I of roufen' nZnlCS YiqnZ PrCflidnl-tf,ect Hicnrd JinIno are personally in charge of the work $ The monetary losses reach far into the millions. Foreign help is nclcd badlv, nnd must, be prompt I 4 irood is to come of it. Thousands are hotnolcHs and without food prompt, f I JoJoSL'lJT " ami0tK'' " "Wr 0' 'CM ""'""C " 0 "y .1 Sn J -H-H-H-W-K. |