Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
FATAL FLOODS IN JAPAN.
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST
AND MANY TOWNS RUINED,
The Rivers OVerhowcd Their Banks
in the Southern and Middle Prov
inces-All Cities Along Them
Were Submerged in Twenty Feet
of Water Much Distress.


The steamer China brings to san Francis
co, Cal. news of frightfu loss of life and
the greatest destitution by the floods in tho
southern and middle provinces of Japan. Al
Toyoe the water rose twenty feet and sub.
merged all the houses in the town. At Min
omua the water attained height of thirty
feet, sweeping away many houses II was
still worse in the neighboring profect of
Ekayema, where. at Kawabe, the river rose
eighteen feet and broke down a great en-
bankment. carrying awav 200 houses About
one hundred persons are unaccounted for.
The police station was demolished and the
chief killed.
Going northward the storm beat with vio-
ience on the Island of Sado. where it hroketo
pieces six vessels in the port of Yehisu and
nine others at Suisu whereby four Seamen
lost their lives. At TOyama-Ken it carried
away forty-eight houses and broke down the
roads at Shing-ilinatO, but happily without
any loss of life. At the city of Toyama eighty
houses were carried away uii over 1000
are under water. Tho NOShinO rose twenty
seven feet IN TOkushima-ken. many houses
were demolished, and the embankment burst
in many places. In kawabe and the neigh
bOrhOOd 400 houses were carried away while
similar number of houses nave been swapt
away at kubOya. At TanOura in Buzen. a
large number of junkS and fishing boats were
smashed to pieces
Reports Of the greatest loss Of life come
from Futakata-Gun. in Hyogo-Kon. whore a
mountain side gave way. burying two viii
lages and killing fifty persons. At Nisumi.
in kumamitoken. nine-tcnths Of the houses
were damaged and all the godouns CT the
rice exporters were blown down.
AT both entrances to the port. 12O vessels
were shattered to splnters. Tho wharf at
Orta harbor is half destroyed. and Il majority
oft hnnGn-
junks have been east ashore and damaged.
and Mt. Takaski gave way inhicting further
serious damage. The Tsurusakigaiy River
burst its banks and carried many houses 10
sea.
1nall sections innumerahIe bodies of men
and cattle are to be seen in heaps At N0ii
twenty-lOur vessels fOundered OF TanO.
via, seven others were wrecked and the
crews were seen clinging to the tOpnastg and
crying for help, but no help could he given.
and they sank into the sea. the total mum
Der Of vessels wrecked in that neighborhooi
cannot be much under s-ventv.
At Osaka sixty or seventy iunks and FISH
ing boats fOundered. At the port Of TanOura
sixteen lunks were smashed to pieces. At
Nagats4kt Eighteen or twenty junks went
ashore
The Mitsu Bishi cOlleries alone have lost
eleven junks sunk and nineteen damaged
and at the mines seven sunk and five dam
aged. About twenty cargo boats have also
been lost. The reported loss Of life is thirty
At Kawabe the water rose eighteen fest,
and embankments were burst in ten places
The total number of houses carried away at
Kawaba and other villages is about 100, and
the fate of 200 persons is uncertain.
Pamaiima suffered terribly. The embank-
ments were burst in the FavO aud Kubova
districts, in the latter Of which 400 houses
were carried away.
The results of the inundation were: Deaths,
1857 persons missing G27 vessels wrecked,
577 houses entirely destroyed, 1908.
The greatest loss of life reported in any
one district was $50 in the province of Inaba.
At >Okayama nearly 400 houses were de-
stroyed. At Otta IA vessels were wrecked,
but Ehime exceeds this number hv twenty.