News Digest: Death toll set to rise as quake destroys ten villages.(News) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: May 8, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

TEHRAN: At least 16 people died and scores were injured in a violent earthquake which destroyed ten villages in southern Iran yesterday.

The quake struck the area of Shiraz and Kazerun cities in Fars province. The tremor had a magnitude of 6.3, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Ten villages around Shiraz...

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