The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-29
Telegraphic Communication Cut OF and Only
: the Most Mesger Reports 0b,ainsd-Ths
Scene of Former Disastrous Quake.
John Dillon Assaulted by Mob of Par
nellites in the Streets of Cork.
Charges Of Outrageous Cruelty Brought
Against an Irish Rector-The Coidstream
Guards Concerned In Another Mutiny.
EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.
Said to Have Thrown Down q City an
Killed 500 Inhabitants.

Said to Have Thrown Down q City and
Killed 500 Inhabitants.
LONDON, Oct. 2S-Dispatches were re-
ceived here this evening from Japan an
nouncinR that telegraph wires beyond
Hiogo and Osaka were down. 1t was add
ed that there had been an earthquake at
Hlogo. and the rumor was current that
great amount of property had been de-
stroyed. and that the loss of life had been
considerable. Hiogo is a seaport town of
Japan. on the Island of Hondo. and is situ-
ated about twenty-five miles. by rail. from
Osaka Hioeo is q fine harbor at the head
of the Gulr of Osaka. and is adjacent to
Kobe. 1t is lighted with gas, and has q
number of fine public buildings including
q town hall, q custom-house and govern
ment maching shops. The seaport referred
to has an extensive foreign and coastwise
trade. and a population. IN 1884, Of about
40, 600 souls.
Osaka is also on the island of Hondo and
on the sea, thirty-seven miles southwest Of
Kisto, to which place. as well as to Hiogo
and Kobe, railways have been built Osaka
has large foreign trade. arsenals. a great
castle, machine-sbops. city hall, mint.
q college and an academy. and is traversed
by canals, over which are moro than ]. .l0J
bridges. some of them OF iron. This city
has many theaters and other places OF
amusement. and it also has ! 800 places of
worship. In point of size it 10 the third or
fourtb city In Japan, but in social affairs,
fashion. commerce and industry it takes
the first rank. Osaka has five newspapers,
hundreds of schools and q population. ac-
cording to the census of 1884. of about $780,
600.
A private telegram dated Hiogo, received
In this city tonight, confirms the report
conveyed in former kilograms that a disas-
trous earthquake shock has occurred IN
japan. This telegram says that a severe
shock was experienced at Osaka. and that
the destruction both or life and property
was very great So severe was the shock
that a number of houses were thrown to
the ground, and many OF the occupants
were caught in the falling buildings and
crushed TO death. A large number of per-
sons succeeded in escaping from their tot
tering homes only to meet death In the
streets. to which they had fied for safety
from the falling debris. There is no means
at present of estimating the total loss of
life; i'll fact the details of the catastrophe
are very meagre, as all the teleVraph wires
are broken in the districts affected by the
falling of the poles, which were thrown
down by the seismic disturbance. The
above mentioned private dispatch. how
ever, states that it is known shat in Osaka
alone the death list contains the names of
three hundred of the residents of that city.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2S.-Neither the State
Department nor The japanese legation here
have received advices of the reported
earthquake shock in Japan to-day. The
Japanese minister said tonight that the
last earthquake in Japan. which resulted
in great loss of life and property, occurred
year and in the same locality as the one
mentioned to-day.