Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-01-14
THOUSANDS DIE
in EARTHQUAKES
Volcanoes and Tidal Wave
Add to the Horrors in
Southern Japan.
WHOLE TOWN BURNS.
Population Oh Island Of Sakaru Is En-,
quilted by Fiery Streams
From Above.
WHOLE TOWN BURNS.

Toxic, Japan, Jan. 13.-Japan is a
country Of woe tonight. From every
par of the archaepelao news comes
of volcanic action. Nobody knows
how man. have lost their lives as
result of the terrible seismic dis
turhance OF the day. Details are
flittering over the telegraph lines of
friehtful loss Of life and enormous
property damage.
This mich is known however: the
city of kagoshaima is totally de-
strcyed as result of the eruption
Of Aukara-Jima.
Mount Kirishima. thirty miles
north OF Kagoshima, is in state of
violent eruption.
Mount Asama, il central Japan,
has begun to erupt. The state OF
the public mind can not be described
Notwithstanding the fact that ten
million japanese in the northern
island are near starvation as re-
suit of famiaes, they have been for
gotten in the new calamity that has
overwhelmed the kingdom.
The fact that the telegraph fines
have beer practically put out OF
commission, is responsible for the
last of definite information as to the
actual number Of dead and the eX-
tent of the damage. 1t is bei:ove"
however, that many thousands OF
lives mus have been the toll OF the
calamity resulting from the eruption
| of Aukara-Jima.
island in the gulf. Kogashima is IN
the southern portion of the kingdom
The town of Kagoshima is situated
/ on the mainland, several miles dis
tant from the volcanic island. The
4 city is also surrounded by range
of mountains which contain num-
her of ancient volcanoes. This city
has been utterly overwhelmed. II
:. was a city of 10000 inhabitants
How many of these persons were able
: to make their escape, is unknown.
: The telegraph operator who sen
: the last message out OF the doomed
2 city said over the wire that he Wa'
the only person remaining alive IL
the city at the time of his message
: nd his mes sage was not finished.
: was interrupted in the middle OF
I sentence and it is supposed that tn
5 heroic operator also lost his life.
: Some terror stricken fugitive
ell from the island of Aukara- Jim;
came to the island of Kishiu tonigh
v and brought word that fully 800
e men, women and children must hav
n been killed. They declared tina
e 10000 persons remained on tn
Y island after the first warning ha
r been given by the volcano.
e To add to the terror OF the nigh
e great forest fires are reported t
d have been set by the molten law
d from the volcanoes and it is though
e that many of those who succeeded
S getting away from actual harm frol
ID the flying rocks and lava have bee
d trapped by the blazing forests.
ID Prof. Momori, head of the Depar
ir ment of Seismology at Toxic I'm
Ie yersity, ore Of the foremost men
lie his line In the whole world, declare
Of tonight that there was every indie;
l. ton that tho activity of the vo
81. canoes throughout the Japanese il
IS lands would continue for some time
Of According to official reports whie
are fragmentary to the extreme thel
&c was great tidal wave following u
10 volcanic eruption and earthquake
K the southern island.