TURKESTAN EARTHQUAKE.
LARGE AREA AFFECTED. By TcleEraph—Press Association—OopyriEhfi St. Petersburg, January 5. , ,The earthquake which caused such damage at Vyernyi was also felt four distant aikTashkent, the capital"6£jß.ussian- Turkestan; ancl one of' tlie largest cities in Central. Asia. Many of the inhabitants escaped from the falling' houses, biit died from exposure, owing'to tho.intense cold. Owing.to the.earthquake a lake over-' flowed and destroyed Pigevalsky.""
Tho earthquake also annihilated two large villages..
WORLD-WIDE RECORDS. - Sydney, January 6. The Riverview College seismograph on Wednesday morjiing recorded an earthquake '.of a high degree of intensity, apparently about 6500 miles away. The waves continued to arrive for several 'hours. '' ' Adelaide, January 6. The. observatory instruments hero clearly recorded the Russian Turkestan earthquake. The waves lasted four hours and a half. ' London, January 5. The Turkestan earthquake was recorded by instruments in-. England, Wales,' Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, and Russia.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1019, 7 January 1911, Page 5
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144TURKESTAN EARTHQUAKE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1019, 7 January 1911, Page 5
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