A VILLAGE BURIED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2284, 19 November 1889, Page 3

A VILLAGE BURIED.

A ottastropbe took plaoe some days ego at the village oi Kherzorik, In the distriot of Tortum, near tho Russian frontier. Foor days before the Inhabitants were alarmed by tho colour cf the stream running through tba village changing to red. This., probably arose from au Irruption of the red ochreoua earth whioh abounda In all the Armenian mountains. Thin, p.ocompanied by ramblin-fl m the hill , decided ths villagers, mostly Turkß, to send a deputation to tha Cairnakam of the district to get him to take measure, to meet the threatening danger. A sudden movement of tho hill on the elope of which the village stood, wab obse: ved. Tho top of the hill appeared to be thrown over, and ia a few t ejonds the whole village was completely buried, and only one ycuog girl escaped. Out of the total of 184 inhabitants, 129 persons, with all thele oattie, were borlod alive beyond ar.y hope of escape, Bince the firat report, thosß who were about m tho fields or escaped have proved to be 55 In number. No attempt will be made to disinter the bodies, as the mats of esrth and rock upheaved is so great that with the r jaonroes at command lfc would reqclra weeks to retch tbem. In this region (oay_ tho BiZ3roum oorresdondent of the " Stanford,") earthquakes ara so tiequent that tbey exolte only a piaslng emotion, but suoh an ooourrenco as I have described Is very rate.