Word: talcahuano
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...networks later aired video of tall, destructive waves pushing houses, cars and boats through fishing villages. "We ran desperately up the hill and watched how the sea washed everything away," a woman in the village of Duao told a Chilean-TV reporter. The wave that hit the village of Talcahuano rose more than...
Forty years ago the Chilean navy won a revolution. Last week's mutineers did not give up. The naval base at Talcahuano joined the revolt. So did the sailors and cadets of the Naval Training School at Valparaiso. Fortunately for President Trucco the army stayed loyal. Within a couple of hours the Valparaiso cadets had surrendered and regiments were moving down the coast against Talcahuano...
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