Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-03-20
MANY DIE IN JAPAN
QUAKE AND VOLCANO CAUSES
BIG LOSS OF LIFE on
ISLAND OF HoNDo.
ONE VILLAGE is WIPED OUT
Southern Russia Swept by hurricane
and 1900 Persons Are Reported to
/ Have Perished-France Struck by
! Terrific Gale.

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
damagesd railroad and telegraph lines
Sixty dead bodies were found In the
basin of the Omono river, where 800
houses were destroyed. The village
of Kitameno was burned.
AS a result of the earthquake cop
per mine at Tsunmdato collapsed The
fate OF the 300 workmen IN the mine
is 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
OF 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 We're obliterated by lava.
the crater is about three-quarters Of
a mile in circumstance.
st. Petersburg, March 17-Detafls
OF the hurricane which swept the
province Of Kuban, southern Russia,
Saturday, were received here on Sun
day from Ekaterlnodar. A northern
gale caused numerous waterspouts off
the coast OF the Sea of Azov, and the
shore from Yoisk to the Strait of
Kertsch, a distance OF about FIVE hun.
bred miles, was flooded and six vii
lagos damaged.
One hundred and seventy-six con-
structlon employees on the Kuban rail-
way were sleeping In a shed when
awakened by the storm and fed to
train and endeavored to escape. Soon.
however, the engine and cars were
overturned by the rushing waters and
swept away.
the hurricane ragged ten hours.
When it ceased the receding floods re-
Vealed great destruction. Eight miles
OF the railway embankment were in
ruin. The wrecked train was covered
with the bodies of worl1men. Forty
eight of the 176 men finally got to
shore on floating wreckage, but it is
feared 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
$500 lives had been lost as result Of
the storm. but no reliable details Civ
ing an accurate estimate have come to
hand
A similar catastrophe occurred along
the shores of the Sea of Azoy 81 years
ago
Paris. March ia terrific gale and
the 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, rocky little island
In the bay, on which is situated the
famous old Benedictine abbey, to
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 Sole
was damned at it's mouth and the val.
ley Of the river flooded for several
miles.