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Chilean Village of 400 Wiped Out -- An earthquake-triggered flood cascading millions of towns of water and mud wiped out the Chilean copper mining village of El Cobre. Survivors roam the debris seeking relatives. Only a few of the 400 residents escaped in the catastrophe March 28.
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Chilean Village of 400 Wiped Out -- An earthquake-triggered flood cascading millions of towns of water and mud wiped out the Chilean copper mining village of El Cobre. Survivors roam the debris seeking relatives. Only a few of the 400 residents escaped in the catastrophe March 28.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1965]

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[Information from item housing] Earthquakes - Mexico - South America

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