Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-25
HORROR IN THE ORIENT.

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HORROR IN THE ORIENT.
1900
SsPaneso PROVINCES and Towns Wipsd.
s. lvolu sAe 1sco OF tho Earth BY Land,
Il snaes ana floods--Ths Loss Of Life
- tim ated at 14,OOO-Property Valued
8 az S0,OoO'OOo swept Away.
. BAN FRANCISCO sept l9.-Province Xii,
IN Cne southwestern part OF Japan, has
been visited Dy one OF the greatest disas-
ters IN tne history OF tne country. Prob
ably more tnan Io,OOV people have been
Killed. several towns have been wiped
completely on the face OF the earth
and others have been nearly demol-
tshed. The catastrophe was accustomed
by floods In the western part Of the
province and by the crumbling Of q mount
ain, which buried six villages under q huge
mass OF rocks and earth in the eastern dis
tricts The early part of August was re-
markable for it's rains, and the rapid rise OF
rivers soon became alarming. The banks
OF the kinogawa river, stream over 100
mics IN lengtn, broke near the town OF
1oKonama on the 18Th, and mountain
OF water ike that which swept
'hIough the Conemaugh valley. rushed
OUT upon helds and towns, wrecking
houses, Drldges. FENCES and temples and all
tn1ngs IN 1ts path In this district 200
nouses were carried away and s, oOO ruined
oy water. leaving $4,000 people dependent
upon local onlc1als Tor food. Lower down
tne entertainments OF the Hidakagown
were also destroyed, flooding the cultivated
neIas and adjacent towns. Out of. six
" houses at Wakanomura but two
remained standing, and more than fifty
people lost their lives. An official Of the
hlsh1mura district who arrived at Wakay-
anna on the evening OF August ~ reports
That at about p. m. on the 10Th an inroad
OF water took place at Tanabemachi. and
IN lew moments the floors OF buildings in
one vicinity were covered Many houses in
Ine o'sttic5 were carried away, and about
1o persons are said to have lost their
hVes' All tne villages within an ex-
tehs OF ten ml!es are more or less sob
merged In 1noraihomura several hum
ureu houses were washed away, leaving
o'1y ele'en Ou1iuinS" s1anding. many per-
SUNS are reported 10 nave LOST their lives
Ia 1nls dlstrict also The volume OF the
l navel A,nokuni, an adjacent stream,
swel1eo 20 an extraordinary extent, the
rise being In some places as much as
'n'rteen 10 eighteen feet above the
normal level No bridge over the stream
Soua wi6ns5ano The force OF The
noou Inc r'ei steadlly rose from
"oouc CLOCK IN Cne evening until
AZ 1as., near hidn1sns, IL began to over
no" i.s emoankments. and about four
m'ies from the city OF Wakayama its banks
az tae village or 1Wahasht We're washed
away. immediately the village and its
"noie nelghborhood. including forty-eight
otner hamlets, were covered by the raging
waters The depth OF the flood is stated to
nave been from flve to fifteen feet
Inc nelghborhood OF Osaka hes also SUI
1efed very severely. The entertainments ON
1ooogawn and 1nkedapaigawn were
broken at several places on the list. and
considerable damage was caused to farm
ers, while many houses were swept away
or otherwise injured In Hongumura 1870
houses were washed away and thirty per-
sons were drowned In H1gsshipmurogon
and Neshfp Marocori seyeral hundred
houses we're demolished and a copsidar.h,e
loss Of life ia renortad In u;d,t-.-o-; oao
b,usos ,or. a,-ria - -. o 80
o+b.-. ,,,.-, 80
1.m s .H AI y. .eos uo4ua Seu, Wills
Il" peisohs 'os' their ives ana nIty Others
!eceveu more OF less severe 1nJur1es
AEout 5,Iu3 persons narrowly escaped
death. Other villages suffered much
by the floods and the number of dead
can not be accnratelv determtood
INIT for the nroytnoa ~ Eii - III,
not FOIL ha1o,,, Tn nn d. WI.
iu,e. o.o..'eu oooies anu
go VI an uesci,pt,on cover the
Aeius io1 nues around ana IL Will be
mon1ns before the survivors can proceed
VIII thetr WORK Inc loss IN money is
roughly est mated at st, UU',0O0 Relief has
been sent to the ruined district, but made
quate facilities for collecting and distrib-
uting provisions will make the suffering
intense, and in the OUTLYING districts u.anv
will die of starvation
The same rise which rnined tho 1resta,,,
mart Of tho nrovinca If ri h, N,oS o1..
wronght a NOS, s1nr,,1.r a-a 49,.
os+a- j., - ss+--e 80. 49," oInouo uAe-
aoSe - .no easen eecuon' newspaper
poonsueu a. osaA@ gives y cieaf ACCOUNT
IL says:
since 20 18th inst. the Totsugua Go district
mas been visited by very heavy rains. and at
Dawn on tHs 18th 1t was discovered that the
rivers were rising rapidly. People in the
nelshborhood OF Ananoga1n, fearing an inun-
das'on, made preEaratlons for the emergency.
White they were thus employed the mountains