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TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN
SOUTH AMERICA.
SEVERAL TOWNS DESTROYED.
TEN THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
A terrible and disastrous earth
quake has occurred at Meridi, the
capital of the province of Venezuela,
in South America, and at San Juan,
and several other towns, which have
been almost entirely destroyed by the
calamitous visitation. The loss of
life is estimated at over 10,000. The
town of Meridi was previously des
troyed in 1812.
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