Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Earthquake Refugees-- A Greek priest holds his crying baby son as they reach the port of Piraeus with other refugees from earthquake-ravaged islands of Kefallinia. Severe tremors continued for the fifth successive day today in the Greek Ionian Sea islands of Kefallinia, Ithaca and Zakynthos, as the unofficial death toll neared 1,000.
Earthquake Refugees-- A Greek priest holds his crying baby son as they reach the port of Piraeus with other refugees from earthquake-ravaged islands of Kefallinia. Severe tremors continued for the fifth successive day today in the Greek Ionian Sea islands of Kefallinia, Ithaca and Zakynthos, as the unofficial death toll neared 1,000.
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Earthquake Refugees-- A Greek priest holds his crying baby son as they reach the port of Piraeus with other refugees from earthquake-ravaged islands of Kefallinia. Severe tremors continued for the fifth successive day today in the Greek Ionian Sea islands of Kefallinia, Ithaca and Zakynthos, as the unofficial death toll neared 1,000.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1953]

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[Information from item housing] Earthquakes...Greece August 1953

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