| Show THE SEA OF AZOF The dispatches today give an ac- ac account ac account count of a terribly disastrous heaving of the sea beyond its Us bounds caused by a cyclone in Southern Russia The loss 1088 is estimated at present at a thousand thousand and human beings and several towns tow that border on the Sea of Azof The latter is a body of water about miles milel in length from frolD louth southwest west to northe t and miles in its Ita greatest brea breadth th It lies lIel north of the Black Sea and is for the most part com com- comparatively comparatively comparatively shallow its greatest depth being belog but forty feet Its surface is greatly disturbed by fierce and continuous winds during July and August chiefly from the southeast from which direction the cyclone appears to have come The fhe sea Is ot of great importance to Russian commerce and consequently a number of flourish flourish- flourishing flourishing ing cities have grown up around its ita border b s 1 sIf If It the general statements regarding the work of the cyclone are true it l is quite probable that a full fun report will increase the number of ot fatalities which is said tobe to be practically blotted out of exist exist- existence existence ence is a town of ot some inhabitants i is almost a as large and the w whole bole of the low lying country around is dotted with small villages whose residents are engaged in fishing coal mining and brick and tile manufacture and in the com com- commerce commerce commerce merce in grat grain grail H and fruits which is II very heavy In the season of heavy beavy winds it is not unusual for tor one portion ot of the sea bed to be swept en- en entirely clear of water which is piled plied up several tv ral feet high against the embank embankments ments that have bave been beeD constructed to 0 keep it within bounds and the cir cir- circumstances cir circumstances are such that when the waves are hurled over these obstructions obstructions tion as appears to have bave been the case cle casein casein In the present instance a condition f awful devastation must follow The situation of ot the unfortunate people there must be extremely pitiable |
