The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-09
WILD SCENES IN JAPAN.
DETAILS OF A TERRIBLY FATAL
EARTHQUAKE.

EARTHQUAKE.
Railroad Irons Twisted and RiYer En-
| bankments Thrown Down-New Lake
Formed at the foot OF Mountains-Great
Eissures and Cracks Appear.
SAN FRANCISCO, NoY. 20.-These
details have been received Of the Japan
earthquake OF October 2S: The up and
down trains ca the Tokiado Railway
we're just meeting at Gitu station, the
centre .. disturbance, when the first
shock occurred The shock was ac-
compacied by q rumbling sound and was
violent.
People On trains thought a collision
had occurred. On looking out OF the
windows, however, they beheld the sta
tion in ruins. Some OF the passengers
made their way into Fihu ana found I'M
mense heaps OF ruins.
Many houses had fallen, while others
were so shattered that succeeding treho-
ers of the earth threw them to the ground.
In almost every house some unfortunate
was buried and the chances Of escape
were diminished greatly by conhagra-
tons in many places.
The railway line was too much dam
aged 70 allow of the moving Of trains,
and passengers were accordingly COM
PEELED to make their way on foot to the
neighborins towns. The roads were
found to be almost impossible by as-
sures and landslides.
The town OF kano was found to be
wholly in ruins, not house remaining
, standing. Eassamatsu suffered a like
fate, every dwelling being a mass OF
: debris. Everywhere survivors were dig
, glng out the dead and wounded and fight
ING against coniagra tions on all sides.
At Ichinomya and Kiyosee the people
managed to save q few mats and were
preparing to pass the night in the fields.
Throughout the day and night the work
Of carrying the wounded to Nogoya.
proceeded. continual stream OF bearers
passing along the railway. which was
the only available route.
, The inhabitants OF the ruined tewR
7 say that the first sensation mas that The
houses were being shaken and then sud
ieuly lowered two or three feet. In
fact there was q Marked subsidence OF
the earth's surface for considerable
area ABOUT G!tu, showing that this town
was the centre Of the disturbance.
Very soon after the houses were
thrown down and while hundreds of peo-
pie were buried in the debris, flames
Durst from the ruins OF silk factory and
il short time spread to such an extent
; that the citizens were compelled to deslst
n their work OF rescue. rhe csn1agra-
lion burned out in one direction, but
three other fires broke cut ana soon joined
together, sweeping from street to street.,
tanned by a strong wind.
The police, aided by normal school
students and prisoners II jail, fought the
. tire all nigat, Tut It was not subdued un-
, IL the forenoon Of the next day, when
almost the whole town had been burned
over. Potteries in the procedures OF
Dwarf arc Mino, great centres Ill porcei'
ain manufacture IL Japan, and tnose at
Seto and other towns we're almost ca
tlrely dss royce, and it Is reported that
there is no prospe Of resunlng their
, industry this year.
The shock MAS 50 severe that scarcely
soeaa mouse is left standing, with the
s1ceptson OF the castle. The eobo ten
Pc, OeIonsing to the Shin sect of Budd-
, litsts, was crowded with wershippers
wren it fell. bury7ng atleast fifty people.
Ice ruins took fire and the shrleking
victims we're consumed before tae eyes
OF the horrifed en-lookers,
a slight sheck was felt at Nageya on
the night Of Sunday, October 25. On
, Wednesday m orning, while forty Chris
tians were assembled in one Of the build
ings OF the Methodist school, the struc-
ture began to totter and the worshippers
, fled. One Christian and bis wife were:
killed AMI two Japanese were tatally1n-
iured. Mr.. and Mrs. Van Dyke, mis-
sionaries, and one other wk!te person
were dangerously hurt.
Out of doors the city was in an up
; roar, wild shrieks and indescrlbable
noiaes filled the air, while every few
moments came terrible thunder from the
angry earth. Many streets were blocked
with fallen houses and others were
choked with fleeing people. a thread
factory and large brick building caved
in, killing hundreds of persons, but the
old castle, despite IN its foar hundred
years, stood firm.
The loss Of life in the three towns
which 60 to make up the city Of Nageya
is estimated at rom $50 to 1000. Up
to the morning OF Friday, October 30,
36S distinct shocks were reported as
following that Of Wednesday.
AS the wounded were brought into
the city from surrounding towns, re-
ports continued to come of lives lost,
damage done and stirring incidents.
Reports were also received Of hssares
in the earth two feet wide and several
feet deep. Railway rails were twisted,
iron bridges. river embellishments crun-
bled and fields flooded. A lake six hun-
dred yards long and sixty yards wide
was formed at the foot OF the Hukusan
Mountain, in the Gifu prefecture, aad
great cracks were formed in the greuRd
beside the hills in Glfu.
Water sprang from the cracks IN the
ground. and the water IN the wells was
changed in color to brownish tlnt and
Yas rendered unfit for drinking. The
en- bankments Of most OF the rivers were
destroyed, and 10 this city's prefecture
25O miles Of erbanhment Eust re-
butt.
Express Robbery.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.-The Adams Ex-
press COMPANY, it IS now stated, will