Evening star., 1923-09-05
Trappedin ard
of Burning
Factory.
DEATH LIST SET
AT 100000 NOW
DisasterAccOuntsBe.
lieved to Be None
Too Vivid.
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Fresh calamity has overtaken
smitten Toxic and the terror-strick-
en- remnants of its population
Nearly 10000 people, seeking refuge
in the yard of military clothing
factory located in a suburb, were
trapped by flames and burned to
death. Food and water are scarce
in the capital.
AS the story of the Japanese dis
aster is unfolded i'll the fragmentary
messages from press association cor
respondents, Japanese newspapers
and individuals, it is apparent that
the magnitude Of the catastrophe
has not been overdrawn.
In only one dispatch has there
been suggestion that the death list
will not reach the proportions al
ready indicated. This was a message
from the Radio Corporation of
America in Japan, which said the
Japanese home Office estimated the
dead in Toxic at 10000, in Yoko-
hama at 100000
On the other hand, Admiral Edwin
A. Anderson, commanding the
United States Asiatic fleet, says the
last unofficial reports give the cas-
as 100000 dead and 10000 injured.
A wireless message from Admiral
Anderson to Admiral Edward w.
Eberle. chief of naval operations,
conveying this information, was
picked up in San Francisco. Naval
officers in San Francisco believe that
Admiral Anderson. who is speeding
to Japanese waters, obtained advices
of conditions in Japan by radio be-
fore communicating with Rear Ad-
miral Eberle.
Another estimate, this one coming
from the Eastern News Agency, says
that $4,000 persons have been killed
in the entire stricken district.
Two hundred and sixteen distinct
earth shocks were felt in Toxic last
Saturday, followed by ffty-seven on
Sunday. The most severe tremor
was of six minutes duration.
Flames Burn Fifty Hours.
The flames that swept the capital
burned for fifty hours, leaving Toxic
and its environs in ruins and desola-
ton. Fire and earth commissions to-
gether have devastated an area of
twenty-one square miles in and
around Toxic, demolishing $4,000
houses.
The suffering of Yokohama. too,
appears not to have been exaggerated.
An official statement received by U.
OYama. the Japanese consul general
in San Francisco, says that the great
port itself and the Yokosuka naval
station have been wiped out. This
message. sent by former Japanese
consul general who is now at Shang-
hal. added that more than half of
Toxic has been destroyed.
Volcano Active.
From Osaka comes a dispatch as
serting that a new volcano has
broken into activity in the Chichihu
range, fifty miles northwest of TOXIC.
Meanwhile, the Japanese cities and
towns unaffected by the disaster are
bending every effort to relieve the
condition of the millions who are be-
lieved to be suffering from injuries
and lack of food. Cargoes of rice
are arriving at Yokohama and
Shiragawa.
The efforts of the japanese them
selves are soon to be augmented by
aid from across this Pacific Seven
United States destroyers and a cruis-
er are speeding to Yokohama with
supplies. while two Army transports
expect to steam from Manila for Jap
anese waters today. All Shipping
Board vessels in the far east have
been ordered to take any part in the
relief work that may be assigned to
them by Admiral Anderson. Ship
ping board steamers in Pacific coast
ports have received instructions to
suspend freight and passenger book
ings for thirty days SO as to insure
the transportation of relief supplies
10000 REFUGEES BURN.