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Show TEN ARE KILLED BY CHILE EARTHQUAKE BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 5. Latest reports re-ports from northern Chile, where a severe se-vere earthquake occurred Wednesday, are that ten persons are dead and 100 injured seriously. The earth shock was felt most severely in the distrnH between Talta and Copiapo. Telegraphic communication commu-nication with Chile is greatly delaved. Heavy material damage was caused by the seismic movement and railway lines were destroyed at. many points. Hundreds Hun-dreds of homes are reported to be in ruins. The damage is said to be serious throughout the province of Atacama and the southern part of Antofagasta province. prov-ince. A tidal wave at Caldera. south of Antofagasta. An-tofagasta. caused heavy damage and destroyed de-stroyed ihe harbor works. Earth tremors supposed to be caused by the serious earthquake in northern Chile this morning, were still being felt at the La Plata seismograph station at 8 o'clock tonight. |