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Crawford Avalanche
Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan
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A devastating earthquake in Spain's Malaga and Granada provinces killed nearly 1,000 people, with severe damage in towns like Alhama and Periana. Official reports detail 526 deaths in Granada and 600 in Malaga, including destruction of houses and churches; fresh shocks renewed panic.
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MADRID, Dec. 29.—The official reports show that 266 persons were killed in Malaga and Granada by the recent earthquake.
The population of Granada is still encamped in the square, the richer classes lodging in carriages along the promenade. The facade of the cathedral is seriously damaged. Many houses were destroyed in Jimena and a whole family killed in the village of Cajar. Inhabitants of Alhama were killed. Alhama is mostly in ruins. Commerce is paralyzed. Two hundred houses at Alfacar were damaged. The panic is subsiding.
The shock was not felt in the northern and northwestern Provinces. The Government has granted $5,000 from the National Calamity fund for the relief of the sufferers in the Province of Granada.
Later advices state that 300 lives were lost at Alhama; 750 houses and the church were destroyed and thirty persons killed at Periana; the town hall and many houses were damaged at Torrox, the inhabitants of which fled panic-stricken. It is now estimated that 600 persons were killed in the province of Malaga, including those killed at Alhama.
Fresh shocks more violent than the first have occurred at Torrox and Alhama. The panic in those places has revived.
The latest advices from the province of Granada state that 526 persons were killed by the earthquake there, and in Malaga 100. In Alhama over 350 bodies have already been recovered. In Periana sixty bodies have been recovered. Many persons died from fright. The convicts in Seville Prison attempted to escape.
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Malaga And Granada Provinces, Spain
Event Date
Recent Earthquake, Reported Dec. 29
Outcome
nearly 1,000 lives lost; 526 killed in granada province, 600 in malaga province including 300 at alhama; 30 killed at periana; over 350 bodies recovered in alhama, 60 in periana; many died from fright; government granted $5,000 relief
Event Details
Official reports indicate 266 killed initially in Malaga and Granada. Granada population encamped; cathedral facade damaged; houses destroyed in Jimena, whole family killed in Cajar; Alhama mostly in ruins with inhabitants killed; 200 houses damaged at Alfacar; commerce paralyzed; panic subsiding. Shock not felt in northern provinces. Later: 300 lives lost at Alhama; 750 houses and church destroyed at Periana with 30 killed; town hall and houses damaged at Torrox, inhabitants fled. Fresh violent shocks at Torrox and Alhama revived panic. Latest: 526 killed in Granada, 100 in Malaga; convicts in Seville Prison attempted escape.