Telegram-herald., 1889-09-20
ANAWFUL DISASTER.
lIoSS OF FEIEEs rEaCSl,D LIVES.
uniions 81 Dolisr. u1rfk - Properly
Deasrsysa nAsls rEsslas~s sG4
Eoaus N8Pso froaa tas
saSs ~ ths E4rth


as4y more S1an D. 40 tSgpls have tsez
kllsa. several towns have cssn ~lps1
comp ste.y eH tAs tses ~ tAe ca "a
aad 0gae.s have Lsal nezEy d-iaoi-
isLed TIE c4gSslrogLa was occasloled
- foods Il ia western pat ~ tie
provinces enc - rae cTlIls.i4s cf . mount
alD. ugie4 plGtzd slz villages under huge
l44-z ot ROCKS 4ua ea- Ia "a tie eastern dis
ulctz t3s ssEiy part Cr Augnst was re-
Elagza1ie Tor rs Tslus 2a1 TIE rapid Use of
rlEers so9n DeceUs alarming The banks
az the Al2cgana rtger, a stream over ilv
iliies ia leLglA DFcks Eo4r tie town of
iokob4Iaa o. tbs 18Th, sEd mountain
81 water Lac that which sHop-
through tie Csnlsu4uSn valley rushed
oct upon Fields and towns wreck1ng
h0ussa bridges fences ard temples and al
things ia lis path Ia this district 30
houses were carried away and 8, 90 ruined
h. water leaving 5000 people dependent
upon local officials foE food lower down
tie enbsnkneats o. the hicakagOwn
were also destroyed. flooding ths cultivated
neids and adjacent towns. Out Of. six
y houses az MakanonWa bat Two
remained standing. and more than nfty
people lost their lives An o-hcial Of ths
Asnimura district who arrived at Makay-
anna on ths evening " August - reports
that at about p a. on the l9th an inroad
OF water took place at 1ana5smachi and
IN few moments the floors or buildings IN
tae vicinity were covered Many houses in
ths district we're carried away, and about
50 persons are said 70 have lost their
lives All the villages within an ex-
tent OF ten miles are more or less sob
merged In , horaihomura several hum
A
only eleven bui dings standing Many per-
sons are reported 10 have lost their lives
in this district also The volume Of tho
River iKlnokuni. san adjacent strsam,
swelled 70 an extraordinary extent. the
rae being IN some places AS much as
thirteen 10 eighteen feet above the
normal level No bridge over the stream
could withstand the force OF he
food The river steadily rose from
about 6 o'clock in the evening until
ct last, near midnight. II began 10 over
flow its embankments and about four
miles from the city of Wakayama It's banks
st the village OF lwahashi were washed
away. immediately the village and It's
whole neighborhood. including forty eight
other hamlets, were covered by the raging
waters The depth or tho flood is stated to
have been from FIVE 70 fifteen feet
The neighborhood OF Osaka has also suf-
fered very severely. The embankments on
Yodogawn and Inkedapaigawn were
broken at severn rlaces on the 2lst, and
considerable dalA 20 was caused 70 farm
erS, while many houses were swept away
or Otherwise injured II Hongunura lS)
houses were washed away and thirty per-
sons were drowned In Higashipnurogon
and Nsship Marogori several hundred
houses were demolished AID a considerable
loss OF life is reported In HiGakag0ri $50
houses were carried away and seventy
others were moro or less damaged while
10 persons lost their lives and h,ty others
received mo.e or less severe injuries
About 5000 persons narrowly escaped
death. Other villages suffered much
by tho floods and the number Of dead
can not De accurately detormiuel
bu5 for the province Of Xii 10 VIII
not fall below lo.0o0 Bloated bodies and
wreckags OF ali description cover tho
fields Tor miles around and It wiz be
months before the survivors can proceed
with their work The los in money Is
roughly estimated at a5. or, 900 Relief has
been sent to the ruined district but inade-
ouate facilities for collecting and distrib-
uting provisions viii make the suffering
will die OF starvation
Tho same rise which ruined the western
part Of the province % XII by food also
wrought most singular and ruin0us dis
astsr IN the eastern section. a newspaper
published at Osaka gives q clear account
I. says:
Since the 18Th inst. the Totsugua Go district
has been visited by very heavy rains. and %
dawn on The loth IL was discovered that the
rivers were rising rapidly. People IN the
neigh bOrhood OF AmGnoEar1. fearing an inun-
da1ion. made preparations for the emergency.
While they were thus employed jao mountains
suddenly cTumb.ed awav, olst .ucting com
nun, ,cstioa between Isli iouIra ard Sai.s-
notolura. and 10 waters q the rivers. when
rose N Consequence coyc-cl the houses I
1suJiiomurA the people fleeing 20 q temple
situated on IN elevated ricce az sroUrd.
There. however. they wcro not fstcd @ pe
sac. as Sugitams, q h "a HI WI ch IS situ-
afed at the back % the temple, suddenly came
down oa tho village in an avalanche. bur- I'D :
ths enlrs town under ground. only hal; oi the
tem7ie being lofl'
A correspondent who made his way
laboTi0uslv over tLs ruins says.
The villages o, isaratononura. Tanisernura,
Uyeuclksl.ura and Heyash mura, along The
course q ta- river 1ofsurawswoc. are al
huriei under tfe ground oy the cruuIunl
auay OF fhe Umlvaolra mountain. All tie y D.
laCes cfUi. Naratoeo. N1mats-ilaFa and Assh
g. the entrance q: ths To.suzawaEo. face eae.
e-aer and can be soen across she river. lu- thcrs
te.ng 10 boats retwaea taese places no heis
co1id 20 rendered TIE villages 81 UyeDo
Cai. Takstsu. kawatsu and several ctte-s were
sIl either swept awaT or barred under grcrrt
Ths num- -er offsfalsiss ia these villages ha'
not vet rr-n as-erfs ned. but - sl ou,ist
were h'oreldci re feaths must have reer
cor stereLi- T1o villages q haseahaya
Ucaihara, Tsa.gaws. Nog-i. Tauasasi ari
Taana wsro alse eaiirelY swsrt aSsg Or huriel
~ tie overflow o. rivess srd the crumbiini
Mounts -s - carrare 1iolz ths lover coars'
G. tne rIer- ara ere lirrea SIS rtI-r e has r1
yes teen ascerts ret. Doe it a slrrrssd Pa
cut Of Efty villages corlFrlsirg Totsr- ar1 ~.
a. haVs suTeret more cr less from sasfe-
80 t = doubtful e onr hzs escsres. g. a.
tf - villages farms. rice fsics sad house
g. ssFscsed 60 have suffered Ire ezac
n1nhsr = 10, yst xasrn. bias s.str.rt or ris'
Z. ace 80 n8uesr @ festhS So netussa 900
arF 900
The cofisriss At Tstezato- -Nurs. To7hi1o .
Col also caved in. sri forty miners -
81 ssinx IN Snfono-M1rs a lanl g. 3 &C
cured ems iug tc death ri1ht persons
besiles whioa forty era missing who ar
srr ossi 70 have heon hl-cl a1ve Whia
t-e extent ~ territory Is nct 50 rreat tr
srferirE p SIZE district ls anr n
fs frs-rsss e. frrnish z.t En- uarr ~.
sv u,ast Gle ~ hrnrer snd tfirst fcs-r
II uscea7 wi never ~ k1osn a. fsr q
ara sro towns eavs fern prl srs'
from tre ssf.n he~ns 70 ear. Fcrs - re.
TIE str-r - an instance cf tte ilssrf ~
81 nsT e. nen--rel thst the f7rrsg1es
boat Efr firs rn arr v0rsrs .ea1 tr
coss. va greatly eastraeted ~ ths wreck