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 �U one extremity of the been formecl, haviu i^etres, and a sujier- dal area of alxiut two thousand square metres. AtaDother point an olive- tree has been split from root to branches, the two parts remaining up- right upon opposite sides of the opening. At still another point, it has divided lengthwise the foundation - wall of a powder- man u facto ly.

As many of the vil- lages in that part of Spain do not have tele- graphic communication

with the capital, details "'• " "*"' TJiJI,^*^" have been reported slowlyand with considerable uncertainty; and it ia difficult to gather from the various accounts any estimate of the whole number of lives lost.

��small lake numbered by thousamls, and the villages of deplli of mne Albama, Santa Cniz, Ariinas del Bey, Teriana,

���and Albunuelas are now but piles of ruins. More than thirty-five vil- lages are named niieri^ some dead and wound- ed were taken from the ruins. Of the 10,OOU liMuses in Malaga. 7,000 uill require repairs.

The shock of Dec. 2'} iv:i3 succeeded by lighL- 1 r shocks on the remain- ing days of the month,
 * (E:d at longer intervals

through the month of January, and, indeed, up to the present time. A list of the shocks is as follows: —

Dec. 22. Pontevedra, Vigo, Lisbon (3.29 a.m. ) , Madeira, Azores (2.30 a.m.). 24. Seville (light).

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��On Jan, 14 the official records staled for Gra- nada 695 killed and 1,480 injured. Other es- timates have placed the entire loss of life at fOpwards of 2,000. The houses destroyed are

��Dec. 25. Madrid (to the Mediterranean, etc.. as above). 2G. Madrid, Gibraltar, and the southeru

provinces.

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