Earthquake Refugees Reach Safety--Greek woman, one carrying her baby, leave a rescue boat at Piraeus with salvaged belongings on arrival from the earthquake-wrecked island of Kefallinia, off the western coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea. All available craft were engaged in rescue work today as tremors shook the islands of Zakynthos, Ithaca and Kefallinia for the fifth successive day. Unofficial estimates placed the death toll close to 1,000 on the three quake-ravaged islands.

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Title:
Earthquake Refugees Reach Safety--Greek woman, one carrying her baby, leave a rescue boat at Piraeus with salvaged belongings on arrival from the earthquake-wrecked island of Kefallinia, off the western coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea. All available craft were engaged in rescue work today as tremors shook the islands of Zakynthos, Ithaca and Kefallinia for the fifth successive day. Unofficial estimates placed the death toll close to 1,000 on the three quake-ravaged islands.
Title (alt.):
Earthquakes-Greece-1953.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Earthquakes...Greece August 1953
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. August 1953]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Earthquakes
Ionian Sea Earthquake, Greece, 1953
Places:
Greece
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 256 x 210 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/mk61vv02k
Terms of Use:
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All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001153_0018
Barcode:
39999088103708