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Show Severe Earthquake I Reported in Brazil i I WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. A very se 1 I verc earthquake lasting more than J jtwo hours and centered between 3300 j ,an-l 3800 miles from Washington was I recorded early today on tho Georgetown George-town university seismograph. Shocks besan at G:42 a. m reached the iuaxi- I mum at about S o'clock and ceased at f I D :rf3 o'clock. j I CHICAGO. Feb. 2. The United 1 States government seismograph at I Chicago university recorded the most 'pronounced earthquake in months this . I morning The shocks, which were still j continuing at S:45 o'clock, were heav- k ier even than the recent Mexican up- j heaval. j, j The first shock was recorded at Q ! 5 : -1 2 o'clock and the maximum was K j reached at 7: -10. - jj 1 BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 2. Difl- 'patches from the state of MInas Ger- j' aes, Brazil, report that an earthquake ISuaday shook down a number of houses in the country districts, creat- f. J ing great panic among the inhabitants. tj (Th dispathces say that intensity 0! w jthe earth shock is without precedent t in that region. . W L JV |