EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
SOVIET DISTRICTS SHAKEN OVER A HUNDRED DEATHS Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. MOSCOW, April 29. (Received April 30, at 12.45 p.m.) Heavy casualties are reported as the result of an earthquake in three Soviet districts in Nakhichevan (Transcaucasia). Many villages were wiped out, and more than 100 people were killed and injured. The Gueriussin district in Armenia was also affected, and villages were badly damaged. There were numerous casualties. Medical aid and food are being despatched.
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Evening Star, Issue 20780, 30 April 1931, Page 10
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77EARTHQUAKE DISASTER Evening Star, Issue 20780, 30 April 1931, Page 10
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