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Show Chilean Coast Feels Large Tremblor Santiago, . Chile A strong earth shock, lasting almost a minute, which was felt over a thousand-mile stretch of the Chilean coa?t took the lives of at least nine persons nnd caused the injurty of fully sixty more. Tho (juake was felt over an area from Copiapo iouthward to VaU'.ivia and caus d p. op erty damage and Injury In the cities of Santiago, Valparaiso. San Bernardo and elsewhere. Police reports gathered gather-ed In Santiago in various parts of the city set the number of dead here at seven nnd the injured at fifty live, while two persons, a mother and her threc-r.ionths-old baby wero killed In San Bernardo when their house collapsed. col-lapsed. (Reports received In Buenos Aires said that it was believed ten persons per-sons had been killed by the quake at Mendoza. Argentine. In the foothills of the Andes nnd more than 100 miles northeast of Santiago, Chile. There reports said that fifty persons were Injured In-jured and considerable property damage dam-age caused. The quake also was felt faintly at Buenos Aires, lasting three minuter;, but apparently doing no damage.) |