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Show 4000 Fleeing to Safety as Tiny Island In Pacific Begins Sinking Into Ocean - Manila, May it wv-Tiny Verde Island, some 100 milu south of Manila -with a population popula-tion .if AWM, waa reported to be quaking and linklnf faat into the sea. Governor Vlcents Catdo of Batangaa province nporttd to government haadquartara har that paraona on tha island, only 15 kllomttara square, war being evacuated. Reports on axact con-dltiona con-dltiona wara meager, but It waa believed thoaa on tha Island wara c roaming tha 10 mllaa to tha Batangaa Ba-tangaa coast In small native boats. Varda Island, midway batwasa tha Islands of Luxon and Mla-dot, Mla-dot, la la Varda laland passage connecting tha China sea and tha Bibuyaa sea. Its main towns art Baa Augustln'and San Aga-pllo. |