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Show 860 FATALITIES IN EARTHQUAKE AT VAN LONDON. June. 1. British Consul at Erzeroum reports that an official estimate es-timate places the number of persons killed in the earthquake in the Van district of Astatic Turkey at 860. while th loss of cattle was incalculable, owing ow-ing to the lateness of the spring, as a large majority of the animals were ln- doors. Nearly a score of villages were completely destroyed, and many more were partially demolished. The center of tbe seismic disturbance was in the neighborhood of Mount Qlpan. |