Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-24

THOUSANDS or PERSONS DEAD
IN VARIOUS PLhcEs.
Whole tilies Destroyed aud the Popu.
lat Oh Rendered llomclH.s:
riiiabit Scsnr..
~ Telesrapn to ,ia nav,
EARrAarAKEs Is JarAN.
thousands of p.Fsans Hiiicd aud iirn
dcred Homeless

Thousands of p.Fssns RiiIcd aud Ron
dcr.h Homeless
YOKOHAMA, Nov. q. -Suvcre, pros
lougti auOcks " earthquake occurred
on III, morning Of October 2,in. fhu
greatest damage h buildings aud los
u llfu occurred In the .pcffecturua NJ
Achy aud Gifu, In which neatly four
thousand people wer, killed outright,
aud the same number seriously
wounded. In those two procedures
1900 houses WERE totally destroyed.
Tue number Of provinces Throughout
which the disturbances were iclt mum
her thirty.one. Two huH drrd thous-
sud people were rendered homeless.
Up 10 November 9th the earthquakes
still continued 10 he felt, tut the III
tcrvAls between them gradually In
creased aud the intensity o. the shocks
diminished. FfCm the commence
ment ofihe disturbance W 10 that date
II IN estimated that there were 900
shocks.
The town Of Glm on the Tokaldo
railway, with population Of 1000,
was almost
ENTIRELY DESTROYED.
Thirty i've hundred out Of total OF
1900 houses IN tho town were over.
thrown or burned. Seven hundred
and forty seven people were killed. In
the town u Kane 900 houses were over.
thrown, and 100 people Killed. In the
town Of Oyski rs, 900 houses were over
thrown, 1900 houses were burned.
STyeu hundred people crushed 60
death and 1900 injured. In the town
OF rokeFahans nearly six hundred
houses we're ovotthruwn and n like
number burned aud over n hundred
people Killed. In the town Of kiiaga.
tlmachi clghty-four people w.r, killed.
The entire village Of Entakat0mi was
destroyed, and eighty PEOPLE killed.
These towns Are all In tho provinces OF
EzoEi aud Dwarf, aud represent total
Of 800 killed and sSarly 5000 houBea
totally destroyed.
Communication has not been opened
up 10 all the outlying points, but II IL
now known that the total deaths will
exceed 5000.
The up and down trains on the
Tokaido railway were lust meeting AT
Glfu station, the centre Of the disturb
anco, when the first shock occurred.
rhs shock was accompanied by n rum.
bling and the movement was 20 violent
that people slipped from theft seats.
For = moment they were daEed; hut,
looking out Of the windows, they
behcld the station In ruins, and the
water In a neighboring pond dashing
violently from side TO side. This rum.
bling movement continued, and cracks
two TO three feet Wide wcfc observed
opening and closing In all directions,
Al nj a "A Ill
from some OF them. some OF the pas.
sengers made their way Into Gifu, and
found
iMMENsE HEATS or RuiSs.
Many houses had fallen, while other.
were 40 shattered that tho succeeding
tremofs Of the earth threw them down.
In almost every house some unforiu.
nate was buried, and their chancca OF
escape were greatly diminished by con.
ilagiatiOng In many places. The nail.
way line was too much damaged 10
allow trains 10 move, and passengers
were accordingly compelled 10 make
their way on foot 10 the nrighboriug
towns. The roads weru almost impas'
sable by reason Of ilssutes and land.
slides.
The town Of Kano vas found in
rufus, not huuse remaining upright.
kasanutsvr Jared like fate, every
dwelling being n mas. Of debris.
Every where the slrylyOm were dis.
cling out the dead and wounded and
fighting against the conilngratlons on
All sidts. Many survivors, however,
were 10 pArslyzed with fear that they
could only stand vacAugly staring Al
the pcsne Of destruction.
At Nehinomya aud kiyosu tho PEG.
Pile managed 10 secure n Tow mate, and
were preparing to pass the night In the
fields.
Throughout the day and night tho
work Of carrying tho wounded 20 |
Nagoya proceeded, continued stream |
Df bVarem passing along tho railway,
which was the only available route.
The Inhabitants OF tue ruined town
Jay that the ilrst sensation was that the |
houses were being raised, and thun |
suddenly lowered two 10 three feet. |
lhr fact that there was a marked sub |
'ldence Of the eartL's surface fora CON
adorable AREA about Gifu, lndioatos
hat the latter town was tho center OF |
he disturbance.
Very room after the houses wero
brown down, and while hundreds OF |
i.Ople were
BURIED ~ TItE DEBRIS,
lanes burnt from the ruins Of a siIk
actory and In n short time spread 10
uch hn uxtent that citlgtna were com.
lellrd 30 desist In the work OF resetie.
The coniiagration burned out In one
direction, but, three other iirrs break.
ng out, soon Joined aud swept from
troot 10 street, famed by a strong
Wind. This was 2 O'Clock In tho after
ioon, anu by s O'Clock In tue evening
ilmost every part Of the town Of GIN
yas wrapped In ilfe, and the inhablt-
Ints, abandoning all hops OF staying
he c0nilNprstion, saved what articles
hey could and iied 10 the woods aud
Ills.
The police, aided by tho Normal
school students and prisoner. from the
all, fought the ilre all nirht, but II
vas not subdued until forenoon Of the
lextday when almost the whole town
vas burned oyer The pot!eflos In the
refectutes Of Dwarf and Minos, the
'reat centofs OF the porce6in manu-.
icturo In Japan, ut Seto aud other
owns, were almost entirely destroyed
nd u 10 reported that there IN no
prospect OF resuming the Industry this
ear.
The shock at Osaka was no severe
hat scarcely q sound house IL left
landing, with the exception Of the