Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-11-28
Prolonged Shocks Of Earthquake
Occur at various Places'in
Japan.
Great Cracks open and Close and
Volcanic Mud is Belched
Forth.
Whole Villages are Ruined and Hun
dreds of Victims are Buried
Alive.

prolonged sh0cF Of earthquake occurred
the morning of Oct 2S The greatest
dama-e to buildings and loss of life oc.
Cured in the procedures of Achy and
Gifu, in which nearly 1000 people were
killed outright and the same number
seriously wounded. In these places $4,000
houses were totally des troyed. The num-
Der of provinces throughout IN which the
disturbances were hit number thjrty-one.
Two hundred thousand people were
rendered homeless. Up to Nov. . earth
quakes still continued to be felt. From
the commencement of the disturbance to
that date it is estimated 900 shocks
occurred.
The up and down trains ON the Tokadel
railway were Just meeting at Gifu station,
the centre of the disturbance, when the
first shock occurred The shock was
accompanied by a rumbling and a move
ment so violent that people slipped from
their seats. For moment they thought
a collision had occurred, but looking out
of the windows behed the station in ruins
and the water in the nelghboring pond
dashipg violently from side to side. The
rumbling movement continued and
cracks two to three feet wide were
observed opening and closing in
all directions, volcanic mud and ashes
being thrown from some of them. Some
of the passengers made their way into
Gifu ard found immense heaps of the
ruins of many houses that had fallen,
while others were so shattered that sue
ceeding tremors threw them down. Ia al
most every house some unf0rtunates were
buried, and their chances of escape were
greatly diminished by confagraticns in
many places The railway line was too
much damaged to allow trains to move,
and passengers were accordingly com
PEELED to make their way
on foot TO the nelghboring towns.
The roads were almost impossible by rea-
son of the assures and laDdslides. The
town af Kano was found wholly in ruins
not a house remaining upright. At Kas-
amat every dwelling was mass of de hrls.
Everywhere the survivors were digging
out the dead and wounded and lighting
against the conAagration on all sides.
Many survivors were so paralyzad with
fear that they could only stand vacantly
staring at the scene of destruction. At
Ichenomia and Kiyosu the people managed
to save a few mats and were preparing to
pass the night in the fields. Throughout
the day and night the work of carryin z
the wounded TO NagoYa proceeded, con
slant stream of bearers passing along
the railwy, which was the only available
route
In Ahste and the ruined towns the first
sensation was that the houses were being
raised and then suddenly lowered two to
three feat. The fact that there was a
marked subsistence Of the earth surface
for considerable area about Gltu, indl-
Gates that the latter town was the center OF
disturbance. Very soon after the houses
were thrown down, and while hundreds Of
people we're buried in the debris, flames
burst from the ruins OF q silk factory, and
in a short time spread to such an extent
that citizens were compelled TO de-
sist in their work Of rescue, The confa-
grafton burned out in one direction, but
in the other fires soor breaking out, joined
and swept from street to street famed by
a strong wind. This was at two O'Clock in
rne afternoon, and by eight in the evening
almost every part Of the town of Giiu was
wrapped in fire, and the inhabitants
abandoning all hope of staying
the conHagratiOn, saved what artl-
cles they could and fed to the woods
and bills. The police, aided 10y normal
students and prisoners from the jail,
fought the fire all night but 1t was not
subdued until the forenoon Of the next
day, when almost the whole town was
burned ove~ The potters in the procedures
Of Owaria and MinO, the great csnters OF
porcelain manufacture in Japan, at Seto,
and other towns, were almost entirely
destroyed. and it is reported that there Is
no prospect of resumlng the Industry TINS
year
The shock at Osaki was 80 very severe
that scarcely a Sound house was leir
standing with the exception of the
castle. The Gobo temple belonging to
the Shin sect of BuGdmsts was crowded
with worshippers when it fell, blrying at
least fifty people. The rains took fire and
the victims were consumed before the eyes
Of the Mortified onlookgrs A slight shock
was felt a. Nageric The night Of Sunday,
Oct. %. Wednesday morning while forty
Christians were assembled in one of the
buildings of d Methodist school the build
ing began TO totter and the Worship 2rs
fled One Christian and his wife were
killed and two japanese fatally injured.
Nj. and Mrs Van Dyke, ms
sioparies. and one other white
were dangerously hurt Out Of doors the
city was in an uproar, wild shrieks aud
indeecrib bic noises 6lled the air, while
every few moments came the terrible
thunder from the angry earth. Many
streets were bIockaded with fallen houses
and others were ch0ked with 1eeing pe0-
pie. The thread factories and large brick
buildings cayed IN killing hundreds of
people The old castle, despite its four
hundred years, stood firm. The loss Of
life in the three towns which make up the
city Of Nagcya is estimated AZ from $50
to 100.
Up to the morning Of FRIDAY, OBJ, 30,
s. distinct shocks were reported as follow
ing that Of Wednesday As the wounded
are brought 10 from the outside towns
reports continue TO come Of lives lost,
damage done, and other stirring incidents.
There ars assures in the eartn two feet
wide and several feet deep; railway rails
are twisted, iron bridges broken, river
prnbankments SUNK or c1dmbled, fields
flooded, etc. A lake six hundred yards long
and sixty yards vide formed at the foot Of
Husas mountain in the Gifu prefecture.
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