With 20,000 persons _oMciallv reported dead in the earthquake, authorities here today said the final death toll will probably be much higher.
'The first om cial casualty figures covering a few stricken towns were Auyozgat, 30 dead, 100 houses destroyed; Amasia, 700 dead, 700 wounded; Girestn,' 1200 dead," 7,000 Injured: Ordu 52 killed, 700 wounded: Tokat 5,000 dead, 4,000" injured.
Shocks were sill felt this morning The first train-load of injured per sons reached here today from Erzin can, but observers were unable accurately to calculate the casualties. They estimated; however, that apart from the 20,000 officially reported dead, 34,000 have been injured, An additional 10,000 persons were reported killed in the Black Sea region, Erzincan province, the centre of the earthquake, was entirely. destroyed.
the city of Erzinean, it was con= servatively estimated that 8,000 were Killed, In the village of Tomruk, Erzinean provines, which had. "350, Inhabitants, only three persons have so far been found.
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