Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-28

bealth Offfcer
IN speaking or this mornings Jacksonfille oul.
cas. ls..u M. , aesnn salo .ne showing Oh un bss
sxIy.two Vet under trealmsnr d,d moi tnsisiv The
statement that the disease Is OF mild form on
the contrary it shows mortality Of about % per
cent .sWe do not apprehrnd the sligntest danger
here, however; in fact most ply sicians are tue
opinion that case OF fever contracted In Florida
and developed here would result In nothing worse
than an aggravated case OF malaria lever and
would In all probabllity Yield readily 10 treat
HORR RRORS OF THE EARTROUAkE
Ane vOscantc hsruptaon an Japan Last
M0ntn GraPhscaiiy Descr'oeds
suovpps n, .eurs An npr.r x.ssrs nc x,-n
ruxows our DESTROYING rHr vnI.eEs-scESrs
.sN.',.'. r'a..S.S ...a.
W offAhhoh-fNh HUNDRED AND hiehAkAs fhorLh
KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
Hon. Richard B. Hubbard, Q. s. minister to
Japan has transmitted 10 the state Department
the report OF MIR. +. s. Mansfield the secretary OF
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=, mnoni ne sen'' ias. moaen, 70 tne scene
-. ~ ,n. - -, n.'1Ass.n VI DaA.
naara "a ,.S,,,a.s , ,.,r ~ u nss .s, "eie
,na - 80, s-, - eAs ..s asos
d,s,nrtanna ro,,oas ,,sa as, -, ,a,.n.
u.ssu oau.e "o'i9eu' tne 0pof' seaees, VocufIeo
quake shocks at intervals OF ten minutes APART
when
LOUD EXPLOSION
took place, the noise Of which the people compare
to the report OF thousands OF cannon discharged
simultaneously. This was accompanied by another
terrible earthquake shock which so frightened tie
people that they attempted to escape. Reachins
at nce enxsIo 1o ~ G sru aoehS ~
.,. .. oASS 40 wy ua huess Va
hinS o"ha anc at ya,, ~ smo~ a. VI @ Ine
violence or the earfh.trrtnors MADE n innossihie
o..
TO escape was by Crawling On their hands and
>A's~
fLieHr or iHk rEorLk.
"As soon as II grew nght enough TO see, and the
earth tremors had ceased sufficiently TO allow them
,rs, "a osn.s "a ,au,n. ,o,,,s - -
stIeo nr vonnd.a % hr ,Sa s ,r - SUM oe,ns
,srror wn,cS sYtSs the naon,s ynsf asey ss ,ns
unt ,, liz Ss,,, Wy pSop.e p LA "a, .Dey Sa.ae
ana ars, srn ~ n,anss %ttss ex.y As o, y,
sase,y manN of the@ naKed na sisop IN po anS ai VI
almost In despair; Inc sruPtoa reached its hsisht
csassd o~'SS~ - A'-' ~A~ ~ =. ~ AAa ensHes
RELIEF MEASURE OF TIE GOVERNMENT
"When reached Inaw ashiro, at the foot OF the
southwest slope OF the mountain, most OF the
people from this town had returned to their homes
many OF them only on the day before nv arrival
The imperial government had set up hospital Tor
sns nrsatnens .. sIe wouhdrd, ana naa organihed
renei Sonlit.ee W 1oh sieer tue honeiess ana
70 tne a oi .noss Why naS D'ea Killed
~ ,eas uueo1s " ene
neopIe 20 Tar rs ,ay within tne,r bower 10 % DO SOY
THE vicrnM
"The number OF lives lost, according TO the on
s...." s... ~ y. - ,~.,ss,.. ,-.s e,. s. 'sue.
s'e.ion az 1N0 "SNno' "es sAe ~uu eue uo"o~t VI
BODIES recovered up 70 that time, 90 while Al per-
sons We're tnen 70 tDe empofsry hospital at Ina
wa ,Ias uSIea ~ h luz injuries received at
~nr n.,-ur,,,
,,,,,,r-a, ,-,,r ,,a .as,srn 80. .. g..
,s.,. :, panaa,sa, &c g., s,sos .NSsN.
- as,..n,,s ,n-o,,n n,,.o,'v .o.s-s -.
was e'loeasv suio". uiieesy seioss lne sunmi'
OF the smaller peak OF the same name, carrying o
portion or the latter away Win H. ana leaving the
altered contour OF the smaller mountain covered
ns o.
on Ins nor'nesn anu eastern a. s exposores aho run
Wer. Iwo ssnarase stresms Inc ess,ern ana no1.n
ern. The main eastern stream DIVIDED about har
way up the mountain y ridge, came down 10
TWO separate volumes. the one continuing east
ward, while the other oescenoed on the northern
side OF the mountain and stopped At q very small
hamlet called Mino-mura. which was partly de-
houses nous s. within lin. its W reacn NJ '"''''S 'Ne
TIE AMOUNT OF MUD THROWN OUT
nv the volcano ia simply enormous as all ,hs
streams reach from the top OF the mountain a
o,s, nce or four or ove miles ana ar tins sop,narn
and eastern s,des which v,s,ted ha,f mile x,,as
st the base; tine breadth OF the stream on the
northern side being am told larger The great
esf loss OF life occurred at the hot springs on the
northern side where the nrst discnarge Iook place
inns vfying the people there uttle or no opporrn,
nity 20 escape Al Inawa ashiro, at the foot Of the
sourhweetern slope or the mountain. and the
principa Town In the vicinity on tne southern siae
Or Bandais.n, no houses were DESTROYED, as it was
lust beyond the reach or the streams OF mud.
~ aScana nere ' f' " ~S'~SAs
xutrp ny FALLING sroxrs
40. ...S.,.,, g.. ,n.,.. -. -. ..us -. A. !.
"At Shioatani Two miies trom the ioot OF the
moontaln on the east, nearly every house was
thrown down by an earthquake shock the stream
=, ,ona no, ,a.cn,no thar far II was not,caa noyr
VI nn"u y uvs ,N. vosS ns hansss ss Lii
ever, suas @ se s one m,Iss esSt or S ,hs So ro,n,,
snine Us -, vSSh nne an.I saa ashas - 80,
~snth y, rson, ssr Inches Ar NaSasars small
p, ~ ,as,hsr To .heGs1 the los ~ Ire as xsrS
a., rane ei,nonSh noI fos,e hanse was aexa rovs9
sieA'' A4..o - .'ses' - &c. =.
FLOOD ADDS TO TIE fkhkok VI THE sckSk-
'It seems that the water OF stream flowing
within a hundred yards was diverted from It's
.,,... .,a .rc,nontaa 4, ,s .,nnoaa, M, /. ,arua
couise, a1u ~ aus s ,s - 20 ~ r ~ s .ss
so.unT ~ y, ~ase ,isv IN ss,tn ne sr ,
ooMn % sno ,,n " h ~ So W, IN Sr, ~ 70 ,.s s.V
houses AZ the sound of the ex pIoson A pond was
fo med m the village OF Naeasaka out or " hich
rh,rfv cornses had mem taken up 70 the titne of
nnr srr1vs1 The total number of Deaths sf Ihls
nSsco ges ncm,t 1s3n
fA~Ss -. % -
CukAous fkAIohh VI fhh hkoftioS
appears In long emoanknent evidently thrown