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Earthquake in Costa Rica

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 16, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 11.

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Earthquake in Costa Rica.

NEW YORK, March 13th.—Advices from Panama say: Intelligence has just reached here of an appalling earthquake in Costa Rica. Advices thus far received state that four towns have been destroyed. These are Alajuela, San Ramon, Greca, and Heredia. In Alajuela alone several thousand lives were lost. Those left alive are homeless and in sad need.
LATER.—Further Costa Rica advices say the loss of life has been something fearful. Thousands of inhabitants have been swallowed up, and the destruction of property is widespread. The Costa Rica Consul of New York says that he has received no intelligence regarding the earthquake and loss of life in his country, but he would not be surprised if the report was true, as the location mentioned was a nest of volcanoes.