Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1902 — SHAMAKA DISASTER GROWS, [ARTICLE]

SHAMAKA DISASTER GROWS,

Two Thousand Perished in Earthquake, Details, which are slowly arriving at Baku from Shamaka, show that 2,000 persons, mostly women and children, perished as a result of the recent earthquake and that 4,000 houses were destroyed. Thirty-four villages of the country surrounding Shamaka also suffered. To add to the terrors of the neighborhood a volcano near the village of Marasy, eastward of Shauiaka, has broken out into active eruption. A great crevasse has appeared, whence immense flames aud streams of lava are being thrown out. The course of the River Geonehaika lias been altered iu consequence of its bed being dammed with earth, which had been disturbed by the earthquake. Battalions of guards and 'detachments with tents have been dispatched to Shamaka to aid in the work of rescue. The Red Cross Society is active in alleviating distress.