Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1911 — MANY KILLED IN QUAKE [ARTICLE]

MANY KILLED IN QUAKE

Terrible Disaster in Turkestan Is Reported. An earthquake that undermined the Altai mountains in Asiatic Russia is reported to have killed thousands of people and done millions of dollars worth of damage. , The devastated region is the province of Semi rechen sk Ten cities are a reported to have fallen into the rift in the earth’s surface caused by the quake Vyerny, the capital, is said to have disappeared, without a single survivor left to tell the tale of disaster. Kopal, Fort Nabin, Balkash City and many other former of Turkestan and Russian trade are reported to have been destroyed. Lake Bulkash, which is near Vyerny, known to Europead travelers as Fort Vernoe, is reported to have been swallowed by the earth.