The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-07

great seaport was already virtually
obliterated.
Leaving shortly after midnight
passed through scores of small viii
lagos south Of Tokyo and found
each bearing it's tragic marks OF
destruction. The people Of each
village, kept up by their stoical
courage and the fatalism which has
been born of other visitations,
were caring for refugees and their
own wounded.
The hospitals in Tokyo were de-
stroyed. Relief was therefore uTl.
organized. The wounded were
treated by amateurs in the parks
and other open places.
The trip from Tokyo to Yoke.
hama was q continual nightmare.
Half way between the capital city
and the great seaport, we paused
in the roadway and saw a great
light lurid in the distance. 1t was
Yokohama burning.
looked in another direction and
saw the sky lighted from the flames
of burning Kawusakia. Seven
hundred people were killed in the
latter place, was told.
Ffssures Cash Roads.
Looking back toward the burning
capital. l saw the road was gaShed
by many wide assures, one at least
five feet across and many feet
in depth. 80
It was here that I met DIR. Rich
mond, a prominent dentist Of Yo-
kohama. with a lady. Their faces
were burned and grimed with
smoke. They asked me where was
going. answered, Yokohama"
There Is no Yokohama any
MORE" said DIR. Richmond. IF you
are going you must buy food and
drink and carry them yourself.
otherwise starvation faces you"
In spite Of blistered feet, and
with shoes torn and burned by the
hot stones and the almost mean
descent wires which had fallen
ward blazing Yokohama.
When at last / got a view Of
what was once great world sea-
port. l saw wide area resembling
place under terrific shell fire in
war.
The great Standard Oil distribut-
ing station was burning. Skyline
and sealine were under a pail of
glowing smoke.
Misery Filled Yokohama.
The streets of Yokohama were
filled with sights of terror. The
dead covered every corner.
Men were running from the fire
like rabbits smoked out of bur
rows, knowing not whittier they
were bound. Many were caught in
the narrow streets and burnt to
cinders.
The great dome Of the Silk Asso-
citation Building flared like a colos.
sal torch in the middle ground
toward the north. 1 went past the
American consulate on one of the
chief streets of Yokohama, where
Acting Consul General Max D.
Kirjassoff had been buried under
the wreckage with his wife
I then passed the British con-
sulate and customs building.
These were leveled into mass
of snoIderng ruins. Theme
proceeded toward the Kaigan dori.
or the Bund. once so beautiful
and found it's piers burning in
the distance.
When l reached the water
front there were great throngs
Of all natfOnantleS waiting Tor
small boats to take them out to
ships in the harbor. Here I saw
dreadful sights and heard pitiful
tales from survivors of the trag-
edy.
The oppressive and horrid visions
of Gabriel Dante were before me.
Buildings i'm Ruin.
r. S. Young, of Berkeley, agent
for the American Express Com
pany, told me as I stepped upon
the Bund that he was inside
the American Express building
when it collapsed under the awful
shock and that he had dug his
way out.
Across the street he saw the Inter
national Banking Corporation Yoko-
homa building and the offices Of the
Japan Advertiser in flames and the
employees rushing to the city park,
five blocks away.
Young said he heard means on al
sides and witnessed terrible things.
One man was cut in twain before his