Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — ISLAND SINKS INTO SEA [ARTICLE]

ISLAND SINKS INTO SEA

From 150 to 170 Men, Women and Children Perish. About seventy families, variously es tlmated at from 150 to 170 men, wo men and children, were drowned following the sinking of their island home. The little island, in the center, of the llOpanog Lagoon, off Salvadore, Costa Rico, disappeared and slid into the depths of the lagoon, carrying with it nearly all of the inhabitants.