Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-13
THIRTY THOUSAND riRtsu.


Almost a month ago tho telegraph
brought news Of fearful dlsasier 10
Japan, by which $4,000 people lcsi
their liv's, 1000 HOUSES were swep.
away, whole towns wlpoi cut Of exist
ence, AMI an unioli amount ot pr p
city De troyud. Detsilcd news Of the
catastrophe, ~ far 90 ouch may be
available, now comp 10 hand.
10 wac on June rs, ami the
pgoplo Of numerous towns ulong
tho coast were celebrating the
"boy iestival." Suddenly thoro was
an earthquake shock, followed b. three
OF four otuou, not severe. This was
about 7:al n.m, Hail an hour later q
booming sound became audible from
the diftc.lyn Of the son. Blmc thought
10 wnB the noise Of clming gale,
others that Il was a huge wave in the
Uflng. and sllli others that Il was a
school Of whales. In each Of tho little
towns the n8iso was attributed to vafl-
Qua causes. hut tho tumull Increased,
aud In a few minutes became 'as
the dea'onlng din Of n park
o. artillery. People were terri.
noi and rushed INLAND; but they dii
not 81 far Ia Ices than half an hour
from tho time the first noises were
heard, high mountains u waior hurled
themselves over tho land with lorridc
force. Three vast waves swept inland,
aud ihon retired. Five minutes was
sufficient Tor the actual WORK, but In
that lime the living population Of The
northeast coast OF this main island bad
been reduced by the number stated.
a TOW people escaped Ia most Of the
towns, bu, tho majority were taken.
For Instance, ut the town Of Kamaishi,
out Of n population Of 6.5i7 death bad
ovouaken 1900 aud 900 were wound d;
1850 dwellings were swept away. In
the village Of Fulalshi, only 100 per.
tons escaped death out Of population
VI 100, aud only two houses out OF rs
many hundred remained 6lnnding.
AZ Namadi, 200 houses out Of 900 wefo
destroyed aud 5000 ptuon8 out Of
1900. At Toni. $50 houses were swept
away out OF s6), and l,i03 perons
were killed nuI So wounded cut Of
total VI 1910. Ia the ltisssn district,
one town aud eleven Villages attacked
by tho wave had 6,8aJ pugous billed
aud 1850 oufts wuIhod away 90
wrecked. A. H5hgo, the whole hamlt.
Of 100 houRca was anuihllateI and the
soils survivors we're party Of men that
happened 10 be playing eco" In q
temple situated on high ground. In
tho prefecture OF twate, where 80
towns and Villages on the coast wrgl
Visited by the wave, %, ila persons
were killed and 0.70j wUuudei out Of
a total population Of l0l.71l. The q.
urcs given up to the date o., the en-
oIal report show 29,O7s deaf anu T..
75s wounded, many OF the latter b..
yond recovery.
II this awful event had occurred In
cur own land Il probably would have
stuck the sluu,eat heart with tenor.
As II is, II may be passed ovor lightly
by many people; but takon 10 c1nueo.
ton With the oa,astrophcs that are
occurring 20 this county, d should
bring TO mind tue undeulaulg fact tua.
prophecies concerning tho Judgments Of
tho last days are being fulfilled. There
ate earthquakes In divers places, proa.
aud disastrous storms, the 6sa hesvlng
Itself beyond H. bounds, dos1latlons boy
afs nnd 11oI. by land aud boy SEQ, ut.
til "msu'a hearts arc failing them lot
iear lt that which Is coming urou the
earth"