Show PERISH IN LANDSLIDE Seven Hundred Lives Lost and Twenty Villages Destroyed in Vicinity Vi-cinity of Mount Xasbek V Vienna Sept 3New line been + + received here from THUg Trans + + Caucasus Rusnla ot a landslide < + + which occurred August 17th In the + j + vicinity of Mount Koabtk and + j + which resulted In the destruction + + 0 some twenty villages and the + + loss of nearly seven hundred liven + + Seismic disturbances acim to have 4 + started a gluclor which swept + + down n valley ami destroyed everything + > + every-thing In its path + + On the north slope of Mount + + Kasbek leG the watering place of + 4 Tmonknu Early In the morning 4 + of August 17th subterranean dls + I + lurbances were noted at Tmonkau + + but hundreds of person In the ho i + + tel there In spIte of warnings con + j + tlnucd their bathing In the springs + + At 7 clock or that evening the + < + entire valley where the hot springs + 4 arc situated was Jlllcd with a deafening + + deaf-ening noise resembling thunder + + and loud rumblings were heard + + Tho valley stream swelled t the + + dimensions of a mighty torrent 4 + and sweeping along It carried with 4 + It huge blocks of rack and cc H f + Then the bathcru tried to escape 4 + but it vas too late 4 4 The entire northern slope of 4 + Mount Kasbclc with tho glacier + 4 above began to move rapidly VII 4 > + loge after village was swept a way + i + and over thlnJ In the path of tho + i 4 4 landslide was destroyed Within a + + few minutes tho valley which In 1 + 4 nearly twelve miles long had been + J devastated by a wall of rock Ice + < 4 and earth The valley was com + + plctely filled up In some places to + t + 0 depth of nearly a thousand feet + 4 I by tho matter that fell Into IL + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 |