SERIOUS EARTHQUAKE IN TURKESTAN.
fßr Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] [Reuter’s Telegrams.]
LONDON, June 10,
News is to hand from Russian Turkestan that a disastrous earthquake occurred yesterday at Yarnoe, a town of 12,000 inhabi tants, situated on the northern slope of the Ala-tau Mountains. Most of the public buildings and houses were totally destroyed, and fully 120 persons perished in the ruins. Many others suffered serious injuries.
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Evening Star, Issue 7237, 13 June 1887, Page 2
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