Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-27

Crosby s. Noycs OF Washington. We were i'm
Yokohama on the 2s;h. but a. there had been |.
number OF preceding shocks slight attention
was given n. but little damage being done in
Yokohama We learned in a Few DAYS, however.
OF the great destruction OF property aud loss n
life, the news having been DELAYED by the
destruction Of the railroads and telegraph
lines We decided 90 hasten nj once TO the
scene of the catastrophe. Mr.. Move. bciug par
ucularly anxious 60 push ahead. We journev-d
together far a. MiysuosiiA. a mountain re-
sort. Here Mr.. Moves left The party. proceed
ing IN advance. The railroad had been totally
bestowed from Okazaki. town about twenty
i've miles from Nagoya After considerable
trouble We managed TO secure ten jinricki-has
ana ricksha men. for every BODY was badly
demoralized and things in a chaotic state gem
orally.
lit was a memorable ride. for IL was dark
when we started. The 'risksha men carried
lanterns and the great assures in the earth that
yawned on all sides OF Us were skillfully
avoided. Sometimes the cracks were SO frequent
and the road narrow that COM
PEELED TO walk
We reached Nagoya At about hals-rast 1 in
the morning. The roadway was hlled with
debris. and on the sides OF the streets were
hastily constructed shelters for the homeless.
inhabitants. mostly imrrovised tents Of mating,
bits OF cloth. straw and boards Offering scarcely
any protection 20 the elements and none at all
had Il rained. Fortunately the weather WAS
esNoa- w AicA Eauks OF men IN the ttfettk.
Yelling. rafting castanets pounding pieces %
tin. beating drums aud dragging empty petro-
leum cans filled with stones the combination
making enough NOISE TO wake the dead living
buried IN the ruins. The racket ACCOMPLISHED
the double purpose o; keeping the peoJle
awake and TO have them ON the alert for fires.
We learned that Mr.. Moves had arrived dur
ing the day and Was at the hotel a good-sized
building accommodating about fifty guests
which Was comparatively uninjurod. Arriving
at the hotel We found the proprietor. bis family
and servants sleeping in the street Upon in
curry we learned that Mr.. Moves WAS the only
guest. he having the building all to himself and
WAS peacefully sleeping In one OF its rooms. OBJ
iyious OF the danger OF its demolition bv
| quake. We did not awake him. and after We
had been shown adjoining rocms the proprie-
| tor returned 90 his quarters in the street.
The next day there were n number Of slight
trrmors, and the natural inclination Of men 20
run from threatened danger was aptly Illus
trated We were standing in front Of the hotel
IN the middle Of the street.-the safest place -
watching number 81 carpenters at work on an
! opposite building that had been partially de-
molished. Suddenly there vas a rumbliug
noise, tn. earth quivered and We experienced
+, quite heavy shock. The way those workmen
came down Of that building. like a lot OF cats
| would have been amusing under other circum-
stances. There WAS a general stampede n great
amount Of shouting. and Joined in the run
| instinctivelv. though We had no idea where We
| were going ard were well aware that W. were IN
| the best possible place TO escape being crushed
| by falling timbers .