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Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies

Aug. 15, 1953 - Greek Earthquake Disaster latest pictures: Six days after the first shocks, Argostoli, capital of the Greek earthquake island of Cephalonia, is still burning. Latest figures are that 1, 000 people have been killed, 4, 000 injured and 10, 000 made homeless. Photo shows an old man tries to comfort his injured leg as he waits with others at a First Aid station in Argostoli to be evacuated to the mainland

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13166358
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46148303
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5127px x 3775px (970KB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
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