Landslide Buries 19 Persons Alive
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United Press Associalion.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Oct. 11, 8 p.m, TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras), Oct. 10.
Official reports from the village, 30 miles east of here, to-day said that 19 persons were buried alive in a landslide which struck Apolopi. The reports said that portion of a hill descended upon the village, destroying many houses. In the same district the Tholma river flooded houses and plantations, drowning some people and numerous cattle. A dispatch from the Paraiso district said that the river there rose 60 feet above normal, carrying the bodies of many human beings and cattle seaward. The dead have not been estimated. Ail foreigners are safe.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7285, 12 October 1933, Page 7
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116Landslide Buries 19 Persons Alive Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7285, 12 October 1933, Page 7
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