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Show fa THOUSANDS BURED fV.LIVE. Turkish Vlllago Completely Destroyed f by Great Landslide. Tnshkcnd, Russian Turklstnn. Tho i. llttlo town of Knratagh, in tho Hussar ', district of Bokhara, has been over- whelmed and completely destroyed by a lnndslldo that followed, tho earth- quakq of October 21. According to ' tho latest reports of tho dlsnstcr a majority- of tho Inhabitants of Kara- e tagh lost their lives. Tho first reports of tho casualties woro exaggerated, tho. death list bclug placed as high as 1G,0QQ. Karatagh has about 5,000, dwellers, and there Is reason to bo-lleve bo-lleve that about- 1,600 .were burled allvo.: Among those who survived tho. disaster, nro tho .governor of Karatagh nnd his mother. |