Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›At Least They have Life Left -- Some of the few survivors of the tiny mining village of El Cobre, Chile, carry their few belongings from the earthquake and water-wrecked homes today. Only a handful of the 400 inhabitants survived the flood water after yesterday's earthquake burst a 230-foot-high dam and set millions of tons of water over the village. In the background is wreckage and a sea of mud.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
At Least They have Life Left -- Some of the few survivors of the tiny mining village of El Cobre, Chile, carry their few belongings from the earthquake and water-wrecked homes today. Only a handful of the 400 inhabitants survived the flood water after yesterday's earthquake burst a 230-foot-high dam and set millions of tons of water over the village. In the background is wreckage and a sea of mud.
Associated Press · [ca. March 1965]
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[Information from item housing] Earthquakes - Mexico - South America
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