The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
MANY LIVES ARE
SAVED BY SHIPS
Twin Catastrophes Are
Said to Be the Most
Serious in History of
Country; Death List
Grows as Later Reports
Are Received.

TOXIC. Jan. 14.-Japan is heroically
meeting double ffliction-famine in
the north and earthquake and volcanic
eruptions in the south.
Ten million people are in need of
food in northern Hondo and Hokkaido
and there have been many deaths from
starvation. In the south the islands of
Kushiu and Shikoku are in the grip OF
seismic disturbances. Craters have sud.
denly discharged great volumes of flam-
ing rocks and ashes, carrying destruc-
tion and terrifying the southern empire.
Ashes are falling as far north as Osaka.
Although the fate OF the inhabitants
of Sakura island is not certain, it is be-
lieyed that the great majority Of them
have escaped in boats TO the mainland.
Many of the people of Salsura have
escaped from the danger zone in
manned and burned condition.
Sakura Evacuated.
The cruiser Tone has sent wireless
dispatch TO the effect that Sakura has
been evacuated This morning the for
eign office received dispatch from the
former minister to China, H. Ijuin, now
a resident of Kagoshima, sent from that
city only few hours before. saying:
"About ten persons have been killed
and thirty injured. The whole city is
in great confusion.
The foreign office thinks this indi-
Gates that early reports were vastly ex-
aggerated.
A steamer which succeeded on Mon
day in touching the eastern coast of
Sakura reports that 1t. rescued 300 per-
sons, but was unable TO take more.
The police and soldiers of Kagoshima
made many heroic rescues The men
and women, accustomed TO participation
in the festivals to commemorate the
eruption of 1879, did not realize the ex-
tent OF the disaster and it is feared that
many of them were killed before reach
ing the sea shore. Thousands, pursued
by rain of fiery stones, knelt On the
beach half submerged in water and
gesticulated wildly TO the steamers and
fishing boats
Heat Is Terrible.
The heat is described as internal.
Junks report that the stones fell Kissing
into the bay.
The refugees from Kagosbima fled
across the henving land caused by the
rapid succession of quakes. The whole
southern half of Kiushiu is enveloped
in ashes and smoke. Sakura-Jima, how.
ever. appears to hc the only volcano
active at present.
The emperor is distressed over the
disaster and has ordered additional war
ships to proceed Immediately to the af
ficted district. He has sent u represen-
tative to Kirishima.
The zoologist, Omori. has departed
south. He thinks the greatest danger
NAV lie in tidal waves, The eruption of
Kirishimn. in his opinion, would not be
so serious as that of Sakura-Jima, be-
cause few people live Mt the foot of the
mountain.
Eruptions Reported.
Advices from Nagano, the capital OF
Nagano prefecture, and Asama Yama.
in the island of Hondo report great
eruptions. Asama Yama has lofty
volcano about 90 miles northwest OF
Toxic with crater 1000 feet in di-
ameter. The scene is described as sub.
sime smoke and flame soaring thou
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