The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-14
TERRIBLE FLOODS IN JAPAN
Towns AionE the River Under Twcnty Feet
Of Water.

BAN FRANCISCO. Nov. lathe steamer China
brings news OF frightful loss Of life and the
greatest destitution by the floods In the south
ern and middle provinces OF japan. At Toyoe
the water rose twenty feet and submerged all
the houses In the town. At Minomua tho
water attained height OF thirty feet. sweep
ing away many houses. 1t was still worse in
the neighboring project OF Ekayema where.
at kawabe. the river rose eighteen feet and
broke down n great embankment, carrying
away 200 houses About one hundred persons
are unaccounted for. The police station was
demolished and the chief killed.
Going northward tho storm beat with VIC.
lence on tho Island Of Sado. where It broke to
pieces six vessels in the port OF Yebisu and
nine others at Suisu. whereby four seamen
lost their lives. At Toyama-Ken IL carried
away forty eight houses and broke down tho
roads at Shing- Minato but happily without
any loss Of life. At the city OF Toyama eighty
houses were carried away and over 1000
are under water The Yoshlno rose twenty-
sevon feet In Tokushma-Ken many houses
were demolished, and the embankment burst
in many places. In Kawabe and the neigh
borhood 400 houses were carried away. aud
the fate Of over 200 persons Is as yet I'M
certain. while q similar number OF houses
have been swept away at Kuboya- At Ia
noura. in Buzen. large number Of junks and
fishing boats were smashed to pieces
Reports OF the greatest loss Of life como from
Futakata-Gun. in Hyogo-K Ken. whore noun
tain side gave way. burying two villages and
killing fifty persona At Misumi. in Kuma-
mitoken. nine tenths OF the houses were dam
aged and all the godouns Of the rice exporters
were blown down.
At both entrances to the port. 120 vessels
were shattered to splinters, but the number Of
men drowned has not been ascertained. Tho
wharf at Oita harbor Is half destroyed. and .
majority OF the houses are demolished. Thirty
large junks have been cast ashore and dam
aged. and Mt. Takaski gave way. infioting
further serious damage. The Tsurusakigniva
River burst its banks and carried many houses
to sea.
In all sections. innumerable bodies OF men
and cattle are to be seen In heaps. At Moji.
twenty-four vessels foundered or Tanowia.
seven others were wrecked and the crews were
seen clinEng to the topmasts and crying for
help. but no help could be given. and they sank
into the sen. The total number Of vessels
wrecked In that nelGhborhood cannot be much
under seventy.
At Osaka sixty or seventy junks and fishing
boats foundered. At the port Of Tanoura six
teen junks were smashed to pieces. At Ma
Gatsaki eighteen or twenty junks won't ashore
The Mitsu Bishi collieries alone have lost
eleven junks sunk and nineteen damaged. and
at the mines seven sunk and lvo damaged.
About twonty cargo boats have also been lost.
The reported loss OF lie is thirty. but this Is
not yet confirmed.
At Kawabe the water rose eighteen feet. and
embankments were burst in ten places. The
total number Of houses carried away at
Kawabe and other villages is about 400. and
the fate OF 200 persons Is uncertain.
Pamajima suffered terribly. Tho embank-
ments were burst In tho Kayo and Kihoya dis
tricts. In the latter Of which 400 houses were
carried away.
The results Of the inundation up to Oct. 81
are: Deaths. 1857; persons missing. 627:
vessels wrecked. 577; houses entirely de-
stroyed. 300&
The greatest loss OF life reported In any one
district was $50 in the province OF Inaba. At
Okayama nearly 1.400 houses were DESTROYED.
At Otta IA vessels were wrecked. but Ehime
exceeds this number by twenty.