Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-20

Toxic, March 17--An earthquake
occurred on Sunday in the pre-.
lecture OF Akita, Island of Hondo
Many persons in the City of Akita
were killed and several houses de-
stroyed. In the village of Kowakubi
which was ruined, there were many
casualties. The disturbance badly
damaged railroad and telegraph lines.
Sixty dead bodies were found in the
basin OF the Omono river. where 500
houses were destroyed The village
of Kitameno was burned
As a result of the earthquake a cop.
Der mine at Tsunmdato collapsed. The
tate of the 300 workmen in the mine
As unknown.
Simultaneous with the earthquake
Came terrific explosions and the burst.
Ing OF flames from the volcano Asama-
Yama, which terrified the Inhabitants
OF that district.
Akita Is a garrison town on the Sea
ot Japan. 1t does a considerable ex.
port trade, especially in rice. The
population is about thirty thousand.
Asama- Yama is the largest active
volcano in Japan. A majority of its
active periods have been productive
OF showers Of ashes only Its last
great eruption was in 1888 when sew.
eral villages on the north side of the
mountain were obliterated BY lava.
The crater is about three-quarters OF
a mile in circumference.
ST pptarsh ,trg Mach f,..t.
of the hurricane which swept the
province of Kuban, southern Russia.
saturday we're received here on Sun.
day from Ekaterinodar. \ northern
gale caused numerous waterspuuts off
the coast of the Sea of Azov and the
shore from Yoisk 10 the Strait of
-Eertsch, a distance of about five hun.
1dned miles, was flooded and six vii.
lagos damaged.
One hundred and seventy-six con.
'struction employees on the Kuban rail.
way were sleeping in a shed when I
awakened by the storm and fled to a
Grain and endeavSred to escape. Soon.
however, the engine and cars were
overturned by the rushing waters and
swept away
The hurricane ragged ten hours
When 1t ceased the receding floods re-
vealed great destruction Eight miles .
of the railway embankment we're in
ruin. The wrecked train was covered
with the bodies Of workmen Forty.
eight OF the l76 men finally got to
shore on floating wreCkage. but 1t is
reared the others were drowned
Many courageous reScues of persons .
floating on wreckage on the sea have .
been reported. Many bodies have been
washed ashore at various points
Meager dispatches reported that .
900 lives had been lost as a result Of .
the storm, but no reliable details Civ
Ing an accurate estimate have come TO .
hand
Paris, March IA terrific gale and .
Ehe highest tide Of the year on Sunday .
worked great havoc along the coasts .
Of Normandy and Brittany. In the .
Bay Of St. Michel, in the southwestern
part OF Normandy. no such tide has
been experienced in forty years Huge
waves dashed against the ramparts OF .
Mont st. Michel, a rocky little island .
IN the bay, on which is situated the .
famous old Benedictine abbey. to a
height not usually reached by waters.
and the gardens and fields in Avran-
Chico Genest and other villages and
towns on the coast were flooded
Three hundred feet of the sea wall at
Granville were swept away.
The damage at Dieppe was great
Pebbles were washed in by the sea in .
such quantities that the River Sc!e .
was damned at its mouth and the val, .
ley of the river flooded for several .
miles.