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VIOLENT SHOCKS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST. j United Press Association— Copyright (Received June. 13, 5.30 p.m.) ~ PARIS, June 12. Two violent earthquake shocks occurred throughout the Riviera. At Marseilles there was great excitement in the streets and cafes. . Six towns in the Department of Bouche&idu Rhone were plunged in dark-, ness through the failure of the electric light. The. entiro population of the towns remained ont of doors till dawn. Houses collapsed in several towns, and a few fatalities are reported. .Ships at Toulon strained at their cables. LATER INTELLIGENCE. AT LEAST SIX HUNDRED DEATHS (Received June 14, 12.25 a.m.) LONDON, Juno 12. The earthquake caused at least 600 deaths in the South of Franco.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2527, 14 June 1909, Page 5
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124ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2527, 14 June 1909, Page 5
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