Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-14
Tidal Waves, Earthquakes,
Eruption Spell Disaster.
Inhabitants Of Kagoshima Buried
In the Streams Of Lava.
Buildings Collapsed by Quakes-.
Many Killed and Injured.

ports the arrival of the cruiser and
| destroyers at Kagoshima. The erup-
tion of Sakura- -Jima continues with
! great violence, ashes falling on the
warships." According to the message
I Kagosh.ms has been evacuated by the.
inhabitants, but the troops remain.
+ Other mountains in the Island of
| Kiushiu showing extreme activity in
/ clude Aso, Kirishima, Takakumn and
/ Onsen and the greatest CONSERVATION
prevails throughout the island. Miya-
zaki, capital of the province of the
same name and the fortified city of
! Kumamoto, 35 miles east of NagasakL
are believed TO be in great danger.
| The official report estimates that 100
persons were burned to death by the
eruption of Sakura lima. Many per-
sons We're rescued by junks. but sew
eral junks were capsized by hot
| boulders.
| Slight shocks were felt at Toxic last
| night. small tidal wave swept over
! the coast at Uwajima, in the island
of Shikeku, but it is not believed to
have done much damage.
Earthquakes have occurred at Hi
| land of Hondo and Okayam,
Japan is heroically meeting a double
afiliction, famine in the north and
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in
| the south.
Ten million people are in need of food
in northern Hondo and Hakkaido and
there have been many deaths from
starva ton. In the south islands of XII
ushiu and Shikoku are in the grip of
seismic disturbances. Craters have sud
| denly discharged great volumes of
| flaming rocks and ashes, carrying de-
struction and terrifying the southern
empire Ashes are falling as far north
as Osaka.
Although the fate of the inha bitants
of Sakura island is not certain, it is
believed the great majority escaped
in boats to the mainland Many of the
people of Sakura have escaped from
the danger zone in manned and
burned condition. The cruiser Tone has
sent a wireless dispatch saying: Sa-
kura has been entirely evacuated"
Another message says: About 10 per-
sons have been killed and 80 injured
The whole city IS in great confusion"
The foreign Office thinks this indi-
Gates early reports were vastly exag-
/ gerated.
| A steamer which succeeded on Mon
day in touching the eastern coast of
Sakura, reports that it rescued 800
persons, but was unable to take more.
The police and soldiers of Kagoshima
made many heroic rescues. The men
and women, accustomed to participa-
in hn fnSt L.. -
the eruption of 1879 could not real
ize the extent of the disaster and it
is feared many We're killed before
reaching the seashore.
thousands pursued by a rain of fry
stones, knelt on the beach half sub
merged in water and gesticulated
Wildly to the steamers and fishing
boats. The heat is described as in
fernal. The Emperor has ordered ad-
ditional warships to proceed immedi-
ately to the affected district. The
seismologist, Omori, thinks the great
est danger may lie in tidal waves.
Toxic, Jan. ia tidal wave added
its terrors to the earthquakes and
eruption which struck Kagoshima. in
southern Japan. yesterday, according
TO Official advices. Hundreds of houses
were destroyed or damaged and many
persons We're killed or injured.
The full extent of the disaster could
not be ascertained this morning as all
communication was cut off from the
stricken district south of Kumamoto.
so or 80 miles north of Kagoshima and
even the navy department was unable
to obtain wireless report from the
warships sent to the scene, although
many messages were dispatched to
| them.
Ashes to the depth of six inches
have fallen in the seaport of Miya-
zakilon. on the east coast of Kiu-
| shiu.
! A postal employe who arrived from
Kagoshima says the big postoffice
| building there collapsed during the
earthquake and tidal wave, and that
a great number of residents were
| ruined, while many people and ami
mails were killed or injured.
The navy and army departments are
Fastening succor and supplies to
Kagoshima.
| Despair and panic reigned among the
Inhabitants of Kagoshima, at the south
| ern end of the island of Kiushiu, when
| the volcano of Sakura-Jima broke into
eruption, burying villages in streams of
| lava.
| A refugee who arrived here today from
Kagoshima says the eruption started
with columns of thick black smoke and
| fame from the crater of Sakura-Jima.
/ The inhabitants of the small island in the
| gulf of Kagoshima, WHERE Sakura-Jima
| is situated, rushed to the beach and
leapen on board junks and steamers,
which carried them across three miles of
water to Kagoshima, ashes and particles
of lava falling all the while on the decks.
| At Kagoshima the heat was intense
and hail Of glowing cinders made it
| impossible for the citizens to remain.
/ The horror was increased by the shak-
ing caused by incessant slight shocks of
earthquake, which rocked the houses all
day. The people. abandoning all their
possessions, fed along the highways lead
| ing west and north of the city. They
suffered from lack of food and drink.
! An eyewitness describes the volcano
OF Sakura-Jima as resembling, when he