The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-01
JA?AN'S DISASTER.
Particulars OF the FrishtfuI Earthquake
Shocks.

SAN FRASCIsCo. Nov. 2i-The steamer
Gaelic arrived from Hong Kong and Yol,o-
hama Yesterday morning bringing details
Of the great earthquake that occurred in
Japan on October -. The shock was first
felt in Yokohama about twenty minutes
before Z o'clock in the morning. but no
serious damage was done in the city proper.
The Japan Nail says: II was naturally
expected the accounts first received OF tho
damage done by the earthquake would
prove 10 be exaggerated, but unfortunate
ly the opposite appears TO be
the fact Hitherto the records have
shown that the most serious
loss of lie occurred in Aichi prefecture,
the figures for which were: Killed 2,l9I;
injured .,'.l; houses totally destroyed
3, $40, and houses partially destroyed
s,G9l. But the latest reports show that
the worst results were in the Giiu prefec-
ture.
OF 1, i3i houses Cat .Ogarki, 1856 were
completely overthrown and I6J were par
TALLY ruined; ,431 were destroyed by fire.
The number Of persons killed is "a, the
number severely injured SD and the num-
Der slightly injured 75). IL Will be seen
from this that no houses spoken OF rs
ole INC list VI lLOSC
completely overthrown. Doubtless houses
said to be practically ruined are too much
shaken TO be habita BILE, al any rate SO long
as the shocks continue. II would follow,
therefore, that out Of 4, i3i houses constitut-
ing the town only lis escaped without in
jury. Appalling as is the magnitude OF this
calamity still more terrible is the report
which comes from Gifu prefecture as a
whole. The number Of killed in the whole
prefecture is 5000, the number Of wounded
l5,OO0 and the total number of houses de-
stroyed 1900 to 1900. These figures Of
course include the casualties at Ogaki.
The town Of Gifu, on the Toxic railway,
with population Of Is, 600, was almost en-
tirely destroyed. Thirty-five hundred out
Of u total of LOO houses in the town
were overthrown or burned. Seven
hundred and seven people were
killed. In the town of Kano 60
houses were overthrown. 200 houses
burned and 200 people crushed to death.
Nearly 60 houses were overthrow and
like number burned and over 500 people
We're killed at Tokegehama- The entire
village Of Eutakatomi was destroyed, and
eighty people were killed. These towns
all in three provinces-Ezozi. Dwarf and
Gifu-rep.esent total III /, 400 killed and
nearly 43. 600 houses totally destroyed.
Up to November the earthquakes still
continued to be fell. but with intervals be-
tween them. Grad Tally the intensity Of
the shock diminished From the COM
mencement Of the disturbance up to No
vember il is estimated that 6, 200 shocks,
or more than one every two minutes were
felt
The top of the sacred mountain of Fusi-
yama has been rent asunder for q dis
lance Of l, 2OJ feet in width and GOO feet in
depth.
A lake COO yards long and GO yards wide
was formed at the foot of Hakusan mount
ain in the Gifu prefecture. Big rocks be-
side Gengen hill, Inaba hill and several
other hills in Gifu gave way and water
sprang from the cracks in the ground.
Water in wells was changed to q brownish
color and rendered unfit for drinking.
The entertainments Of the Niagara, Kiso,
Shouai, Colo and Nike rivers were broken
and it is estimated that about one-half Of
$50 miles Of embankment damaged in Gifu
prefecture which will have to be wholly
rebuilt.
The general appearance of Mizushima
division Of Motosu district underwent 3
complete Transformation and at Nogo in
Ono district marked subsistence Of the
earth's surface has taken place throughout
an area of two and a half miles In dame
ter.
The bed Of the river Neo, in the vicinity
of Mizutomura, was raised about six feet
and the rumbling of the mountain in that
vicinity was heard at frequent intervals.
Out of 100 temples in Gifu prefecture.
more than one-third are totally destroyed.
Anything like heavy.rainfall would cause
nearly the whole Of Gifu to be flooded and
many months would be required to repair
the entertainments. In some parts of the
town boiling mud spouted out of the fis-
sures to height of ten feet. \ majority
of these geysers continued spouting for
over two hours.