The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-12-10
WILD SCENES IN JAPAN,
DETAILS OF A TERRIBLY FATAL
EARTHQUAKE.

Arohs A"'bCou ana hiVer Em~
bankments Thrown Dowa-New Lake
Formed at tho Foot OF Mountains-Grsae
Fissures and Cracks Appear.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28.-These
details have been received Of the japan
earthquake of October %: The up and
down trains gu the Tokiado Railway
were just meeting at Gltu station, the
centre OF disturbance, when the first
shock occurred. The shock was nc.
companied by rumbling sound and was
violent.
People on trains thought a collision
had occurred. On looking out OF the
windows, however, they beheld the sta.
ton in ruins. Some Of the passengers
made their way into Fifu aud found i'm
mcnse heaps OF ruins.
Many houses had fallen, while others
were 80 shattered that succeeding trem.
ers OF the earth threw them to the ground.
In almost every house some unfortunate
was buried and the chances OF escape
were diminished greatly by conhagra-
tlons in many places.
The railway line was too much dam
aged 20 allow of the moving of trains,
and passengers were accordingly COM
pel!ed " make their way on foot to the
ne!ghborlnS towns. The roads were
found to be almost inpassable by 6s-
sures and landslides.
The town OF Kano was found to be
wholly In ruins, not house remaining
standing. Kassamatsu suffered like
late, every dwelling being mass Of
debris. Everywhere Survivors were dig
glng out the dead and wounded and fight
ing against contiagrations on all sides.
AT lchinomya and Kiyosee the people
preparing to pass the night in the fields.
Throughout the day and night the work
OF carrying the wounded to Nogoya.
proceeded, a continual stream Of bearers
passing along the railway, which was
the only available route.
The inhabitants of the ruined town
say that the first sensation was that the
houses were being shaken and then sud-
deuly lowered two or three feet. In
TACT there was marked subsideuce Of
The earth's surface for considerable
area about Glfu, showing that this town
was the centre of the disturbance.
Very soon after the houses were
thrown down and while hundreds of peo.
: pie were buried in the debris, flames
burst from the ruins OF silk factory and
in short time spread to such an extent
! That the citizens were compelled to desist
in their work of rescue. The cenaagra-
ton burned out In one direction, but
three other fires broke cut and soon Joined
!, together, sweeping from street to street.
, tanned by strong wind.
The police, aided by normal school
, students and prisoners In Jail, fought the
tre oil night, but 1t was not subdGed I'm.
, til the forenoon Of the next day, when
almost the whole town had been burned
over. Potteries in the procedures of
CHarl and Mino, great centres in porcel-
am manufacture in Japan, and those at
Seto and other towns were almost en-
tirely dies 'royed, and it is reported that
there is no prospect of resumlnx their
industry this year.
The shock was so severe that scarcely
a sound house is left standing, with the
exception OF the castle. The Gobo tenn
PIE, belonging to the Shin sect OF Badd.
hlsts, was crowded with worshippers
When 1t tell. burylng atleast fifty people.
The ruins took fire and the shrlekinx
victi ns were consumed before tho owes
OF the Mortified en-lookers.
A slight sheck was felt at Nagoya on
the night of Sunday, October Is. On
Wedn esday morning, while forty Chris.
tlans were assembled in one of the builds
lngs of the Methodist school, the struc.
ture began to totter and the worshippers
Nod. One Christian and his wife were
killed an two Japanese were fatally in.
Jured. MIR. and Mrs. Van Dyke, nlis-
slonaries, and one other white person
were dangerously hurt.
Out OF doors the city was in an up-
roar, wild shricks and indescribable
noises filled the air, while every few
moments came terrible thunder from the
angry earth. Many streets were blocked
with fallen houses and others were
choked with fleeing people. A thread
iactery and large brick building caved
in, killing hundreds of persons, but the
old castle, despite Ia its four hundred
years, stood firm.
! The loss of life IN the three towns
which go to make up the city of Naeoya
is tstlmated at rom $50 to 1000. Up
to the morning OF Friday, October 80,
1868 distinct shocks were reported as
following that Of WGdfY e-a-v
! AS the wounded we f5 a. .h~''',, -
the city from surrounding 4op.r
ports continued to come Of
damage done and stirring inclo, q.
reports were also received Of tissares
| IN the earth two feet wide and several
feet deep. Railway rails were twisted,
iren bridges, river embankments crum.
bled and fields flooded. A lake six hun.
dred yards long and sixty yards wide
was formed at the foot of the Hukusau
Mountain, in the Gifu prefecture, and
great cracks were formed in the ground
beside the hills in Glfu.
Water sprang from the cracks in the
ground, and the water IN the wells was
changed in color to a browni.h tint and
was rendered unfit for drinking. The
embankments of most the rivers were
destroyed, and in this city's prefecture
$50 miles Of embankment must bs re-
built.
Express Robbery
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.-The Adams Ex-
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