Istanbul, Dec. 29.
APORTS today from Erzincan Province, the centre of the Turkish earthquake area, indicated that a possible 100,000 persons were killed by the quake, These late reports, however, have not yet been officially checked.
In Erzincan province alone, it was reported that officials feared the casualties might be 60 per cent. of the total suffered during the earthquake, the worst in the history of Turkey. Complete estimates of the dead and wounded in cities of populations of over 10,000 have not yet arrived. Of the population of 60,000 in Erzincan city, more than 30,000 were believed to be dead and wounded since the city was razed, being in the centre of the earthquake.
Cities hit by the terrific shocks stretch from the Black Sea far inland. Devastation was spread over an area of 25,000 square miles,
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