The sun., 1891-12-07

Moro Interestisg Facts About the Terrible
Calamity In Japnn.

More Interesting Facts About the Terrible
Calamity In Japan.
In TIE Sun OF Tuesday last were many In
terestihe details OF the earthuuake In japan.
These additional Incidents are from the Japan
Weekly Nail Of Nov q: "The centre OF the seis-
mic disturbance was In the neighborhood OF
Neotani. where marked subsidepce took
place throughout an area Of 2s miles In diam
eter. The general appearance OF the Mizu-
shima division OF the Motosu district in the
same neighborhood has undergone complete
transformation
"The first house to succumb in Gifu was q
magnificent brothel called Kanetsu. It fell
with a crash burying number OF It's inmates
In ruins from which they were mover rescued.
The houses in the neighborhood Of the Biko
Temple fell Immediately afterward. but In the
main street, Honcho. no very serious destruc-
tion was wrought until the FIRE made its way
thither. Fire proved as fatal to property in
Gifu rs the earthquake itself The Ogaki
Hospital was without medical attendance at
the time OF the disaster. The injured people
consequently remained unattended until the
following day. when two surgeons from Gifu.
accompanied by some local practitioners. ar
rived to bandage the wounds. But assistance
s % sss
Eeons are said to have attended to 100 patients
Ths road irom 1ai Nagoya to aiiu is series Of
common in japan. That Is to say. It tis..or was
sn fshefs sHs9s Ses SSeHn0Ss IN ss e' S% @
@ SssSsen = two S ISns Ssap. p dsbrs thSs wsas sas
the novelty. Of row Of houses thrown over by
an earthauake at first keeps the attention
the 0 n hs
palling sensation ts at last produced. It seems
like k5nd d9dt q Nightmare Hn 81 oo ,nh.ht.rt. am
are known to have. perished. That is death
rate;; caused In q few seconds % @ 9f 29 per per- cent.
hsss sSered |s Ths Rs
sstd SSrrSIe sishE ia that neshSashood The
fds aGS sss
pie s.mpsd m ths
have made % bo1:iise cfi s tenporary structures out
and the ks thsp % she
Kencho is all carried on in temporary struo:
Ihee earth "a % still lit keeps Shaking from time to
ttiiIme. and the people are afraid to live under
BY the manner Of the people alon G. one would
M happened H wonderiG to see how. even MIN IN
nsa t9 so sreo
ire playing on the mats and there is laughter
md chattertng everywhere.
noosists has issued s ci circular te the people
= ths ea,rthauake distriets Of which the Fl.
1uake By By Which, our our country has Just been
listed. caused Widespread destruction Of life
md property; and the seismic disturbance still
,pen. believe That th'; they cannat tl tell how soon @
hey may lose their lives. Women, children. |
as sssts asrn H Sseo
ickness, and the terror is widespread. Hav-
made study of eathaIskss fer
IusEes from the earliest times shows that . |
ontinuance OF destructive shocks for several
-" .. The greatest severity Of this earthauatke
nused by Q first disturbance Nothing. to
uggest serious alarm ensued. No method OF
ses Il E e to s' with
ertainty. but SINCE our records from ancient
aind may. now be restored l recommend peo-
Ne not to be readily pertHrbed or needlessly
brown into commotion. or to waste their SUBJ
r. the civiisngineers of the country 1have
re the mest terrible csiamties al that oSertsss
nation. There are two ways Of avoiding their
ss bS .seH
cal application of the latter method Is to
sosi sSs b dmassse sst hs
OF yet discovered any method OF predicting
80 that no reliance can be PLACED
Ike every means Of diminishing their de-
.ructive consequences.
"' In order to improve the system Of archi-
8 considered. What kind OF soil is least a.
'cted hy the shock. sandy soil or 2 rocky
escriptios CSC Of Building ofiers the srestest re-
stance. what nature OF material should be
losen. stone. timber. or brick: what Is the ef-
ct OF the shock upon each-these are the
oints which civil engineers. carpenters. ma:
'ns, ,plasterers., ,bricklayers. tilers should
,nsider by the aid OF careful observations OF
Jury wrought through series OF years. so
!, to devise methods Of diminishing such in
lries thenceforth'