The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-25
JAPAN'S TIDAL WAVE
C. II. Black Returns From a
Trip to the Orient.
30 900 KILLED IN 10 MINUTES
The Disastrous Enrcfs Of Free Silver
Japan 10 Adopt the Gold
standard.


a. eighteen minutes" said G. IL Bize<
iast night. The recent tidal wave catas-
froohe en- Japan has no paxaAei faat
xaor Of II modern history Those ~ no
claim 10 have witnessed the s5gaf say
there were three waves, the heights OF
which are -srIoassy estimated A. from
ten 70 elrfsty feet These ACCOUNTS are
very unreliable. as fhe people we're very
much EXISTED buf an ltsz may De gained
az thu depth Of tbs water from the fact
that = fzo-ton vessel wAs lifted over al
smbaukmen. twelve feet high and landed
lar hack among the rice fields. one VIZ
lare Of 70 inhabitants, mostly hsfaefneta.
was entirely destroyed. and not one OF
the bodies can be foasnf ] know OF but
ore foreigner who has sine peeh ossF
the ground swept By the tidal wave lie
a. sa Engsishrnan named Jsss0p. corr*-
spending for some London paper. lie has
q number OF photographs ~ the scene
and intends writing a detailed account
Cor ria paper"
Mr.. Black has Just returned from
fhree-monfhs pleasure trip 10 the Orient.
accompanied BY Mr. and Nrs. &. y Hsssk
ard Mrs. Joseph Black. OF Detroit TIE
g,arty returned On the Oriental liner I'm
press Of India. and arrived 10 this city
THURSDAY ON the steamer Kingston. Com
sn4rder j. s. Newell. Of the armed cruiser
Detroit, and who acted as the United
sEafea commissioner sn the recent trial
OF the Chinese for killing foreign MS
ssonarles. returned With the party. and Is
I'm fhs city as guest OF ex-Asyof r. ~.
Black
"A most noble response was made al
over Jaran 20 a call for contributions.
RAID Sir. Black. "and a largo surn was
raised b. subscription with which nets
ard boats were bought for the survivors.
vino had loss these appliances The SUI
fsrsng by loss OF food does not amount
20 much. They have been obliged 70 give
as the search for bodies. as among the
seafehers many died OF disease conffactsd
Wills working among the deeamposing
bodies. TIE japanese sfe opposed to ere
nssffon. bat az no oiNr way presented
Itself, all the debris On thai psFt Of the
coast Was fred. and OF course the bodies
wsfs burned up n the general confiagra-
iion. Tho japanese branch OF tho Red
s-go>s IL Aofpg noble and efreetiye work IN
caring for the wounded. TAey weTe fhe
first on the ground. and have erected
severHl hospitals. 0nIy small proper
fioff OF those under their care are dsing
II eyer any aoab. existed in Mr. Blacks
uInd regarding the disastrous effects pro-
diced 81 the conditions OF country BY the
adoption OF free coinage. Be declared en-
PhatieaiY that a trip 10 Japan had entire
81 Convinced HIN. 1T Ii curse 70 the
several prominent men OF the country
Was informed that as soon az possible a
gold standard Will be once more adopted
"a japan. Tie iaborer there gets from
10 90 81 sen. or ) 10 > cents. day. The
price Of all commodities fuctaates accord
ING TO she price Of silver. but wages co aos
change On the steamer With as returned
". +. Halliday. president OF the FRS;
National Bank OF Cairo. III. and a heavy
investor Ia coal and cotton. He had a
gold yen dangling as a charm from his
watch chain. and told me how IL had come
into his possession. lie claimed 20 have
found Il IA tho Hongkong Shanghai bank
"a Yokohama. and as Il was the 9Fst gold
piece he had seen since his arrival III
Japan. decided to trade one az his sisve-
yen for IL. He thought the tao pieces the
same IN value. the silver yen ana tho
gold yen. The hank clerk thought DIFF
fernnfiy. and would not exchange the
gold yen for less than two silver pieces Of
the same nominai yalae''
The Hiogo News published at Kobe.
Japan. gives the following particulars of
tie great tidal wave disaster.
1T Ia estimated that the loss az prop
erty ia AtyaEt-ken Is only a55Is eTse-nfth
81 that suffered Ia lwate ken. The boats
and nEhifag gear that wers destroyed in
the former represent .9o.91 yen on a low
reckoning. over aa..e ven have already
binary appropriation Of is3.ess yen - pro-
posed by the pFefectnrai snsaoFities TO-
wards replacing the means OF ~ ifiAoo8
Tor the jewellers ON the coast. II is clear
then that, II the proportion nam q IS cor
rect. iwats-knn Will require sum OF l..
xa.ooa Yen to help thoso Who aFs left With
out means 10 help themselves. The ac~
tuai losses can not yet be appr aisesi
rho report that has been officially ire
pared upan the data afforded by fbe tide
recording Instruments. maintained ~ the
governments expense al several Ioints on
the east coast. Is being translated FOR pre-
senfatkon To different learned societies
abroad. The complete record viii ,louhf-
issa prove 10 experts a fascinating study
Al present the only rortien We have sfta
r. an extract from the ChWwo Shlrahaa
translated by the japan Mail. Mith foil
Acknowledgements 20 both Journals We
here summarize and quote As follows
Three tide records are dealt wlth. we have
only space for enc. and We ehcese thar
frosn Ayugawa "a tie most peculiarly
marked.
ssghe diagram shows that tho soa. which
VAS ssifn "a ea Ordinary occasions. sad
DENY rvceaed b about twenty ssntime-
tsrN sresisteredi ~ So y rs, on the isgh
% June That Is t. say. AZ tSsh hour when
tie gnuSe epsht 10 hare Indicated food
tide A. SD large wave strtfck the iu~
stvags,cat and caused e @ Indicate heisht
OF ] q meters. In about axe minutes tie
Indicator recsaed Subsequently,. A. tn-
,ervals Of four or flxa minutes tfa tns3l-
cater rese and fen. tracing an exiraorli-
nary regfatad diagram. resembling ia
farm the teeth o. dos The attitudes
OF thc wave. were nearly equal at sA
and az $50 p m. hsst a; u T. M there
was rise 81 about two meters showing
u total dlffersgce OF @sa meters. Thence
feFth the altitude .ug the waves srcW
lover ana Lever. hnt several days elapsed
before the SRA resauad It's normal eoa-
sitfen.
'.a'ha Instrument on the beach 81 Han
asaNi-mura fSesnnvol sstd8snly marked
height ~ sos eeattu,etrrs 81 Sfa b. n
On the 18th Of f0ae. and sarae ave Mia
ntca Afterwards ii fei5 abont enc meter
II afterwards went out az rcar ard was
not rvaaiastea until almost noFssal coss-
ditfens wegm restored Taese tao dta.
rfama show 3 difference az tNeuty mia
vtes between the times when the iustr5s-
nssnts ~ the places indicated sxtraertis-
nary changes.
Surprising tie velocity - the aNter's
movement rs have heen uufform. ne sen-
ter ~ the disturbance mmst have taln IA
tAe Pacific ocean eastward Of kaufaistf
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