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Show DISASTROUS I EARTHQUAKE I Lima, Peru, Aug. 8 News reached here today that an earthquake on , Wednesday destroyed the Peruvian If-towns If-towns of Caravel! and Qulcacha , Thousands of the inhabitants were rendered homeless and extended relief re-lief measures will be necessary 1 ' Caravel i is a city of four thousand if inhabitants in the state of Arequlpa, Lmmi 130 miles northwest of the port of j Mollendo. Qulcacha, Is a smaller town In the same state. The whole district is subject to few earthquakes and most of the houses j and public edifices are built to resist shocks. The city of Arequipa Itself 1 has been laid in ruins on several oc- f caslons. The volcano of Mlsti Is in I the immediate vicinity. oo H |