Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-12-20 | Page 18 | Hundreds Die in Argentine Quake

l Y I I HUND fD mf DIE I I IN AR I r QUAKE i I i I h Meager r Reports Tell of Grea Great V Disaster on on Slopes of of Andes Andes' BUENOS I BUENOS AIRES Dec pec 2 20 20 Earthquake Earthquake Earth Earth- 1 q quake ake shocks which on on Friday ait after rj r- r j noon n noon n destroyed destroy d several towns towns' along 5 tho th Argentine Ar entine of tho the Andes Ande Andest Andes Andes' J t 7 E n the most severe exp ex- ex V t Tp p rf ce in this country since 1869 1569 k r when the city of Mendoza wa was the area en fc lal ln in ruins Reports from v J-v w where where- Io the tho shock was heaviest indicate great loss of life and property upwards upward f ht Qt- bodies having already been taJ taken p from tho the wrecks of buildings per per- f At more than per per- S. S fished d and at Costa do de Araujo eighty- eighty opo c were killed and eighty seriously a t It Is feared that more vi victims vic c- c tims still aro are buried und under r th the ruins in each ch town At La- La i. i vallo and 1 a house was left standing and those not destroyed wore were wore left in a badly damaged condi condi- r. r tion No 0 estimate total number injured has yet been made H HOT OT WAT WATER E R S SPURTS P U i In tile re toWn town of or Costa de Araujo the tho seismic convulsion opened great out of which hot water Is spouting spouting spout- spout 1 ing ing 4 More Mora than persons Inhabit litUs lit lit- lit lIt- r r Us towns along the eastern Andean V slope and as reports continue to add to the long list of casualties apprehenSion son Sion is is felt that the final figures will willbe ii be b verY very hight high t DISASTER IN ITAL ITALY V BRINDISI Italy Dec 20 Advices Advices I from at the entrance nce of ot the Uie A details of ot the tho Bay of ot Avlona give e earthquake earthquake- which occurred there concurrently concurrently concurrently con- con currently with with the the earthquake shocks signaled in America A number of ot 1 r houses disappeared in a gr great at landt landI landslide land- land t I sUd slide and up to the present thirty deaths are reported The T e wireless rendered great service all other means of communication being be being be- be ing ilg interrupted The wireless sent out distress signals which were picked up by the destroyer Ardito Ardit at Santi Quaranta The destroyer rushed to at full speed and the work o of relief is now going on