The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-15


FOR the Admiral Oriental line IN
Yokohama. saw his office building
Withstand the first auakeH when all
about II we're falling. Re rushed
home and sxtricatsd bra Tinling
from debris that had pinned her
down.
" n. PIeishman Of Chicago was
standing IN the entrance OF the
Grand hotel. when the first trem-
ors came. He dashed out, and turned
ana watched the building sway yio-
IentIy. then crumble 20 earth, burn
ing HUNDREDS as the wreckage caught
fire.
T. II. DAILY and his four children
stood In water up 10 their peckH for
seven hours In the Yokohama canal
while the city burned around them
n. n. HaAkins and wife Of Mil
wnukee, Wis. escaped from the Or
ientAl hotel al Yokohama. BY means
OF an awning rope. Not more than
five persons escaped from the struc'
ture. HaSklns believes. altho fully 100
foreigners were stopping there
ONE KILLED. OTHER
ESCAPES IN ROOM
A. q. Henderson Of the Great
Northern railway. stood In a Yoko-
hama street. while brick and tile fell
around him In d shower. Mrs Eliza
beth Dodson. a tourist o. Baltimore
was killed in hotel. but her neice,
Miss Alice Bruno. who occupied the
same room. escaped and stood in the
water up 20 her neck while the fire
ragged
L. II. PEBBLES OF the Frnzar Co.
rushed from the Amrouicm build
ing. Tokyo. amid shower Of brick
that fell like leaves in autumn.
Rome looting occurred. but WIS at
tributed 70 escaped Korean prison
ern. !. c. Morrison OF the Interna-
tlonal building. Yokohama. and II.
! Thompson OF the Hongkong and
Shanghai bank. we're found together
with their Threats cut and their bod
les mutilated. Prisoners caught loot
ing by the police were summarlly
executed.
Alfred Zellerbach. OF San Francis
co. who has a wooden leg. walked
from Tokyo 10 Yokohama. finding
HIS wife dead there. Their two ba.
bies escaped.
Fire broke out instantly In the
Tokyo police citation and adjoining
buildings. Hundreds escaped by
/ jumping from the windows.
Scenes os horror that beggnr de-
scription were observed between To.
kyo and Yokohama Among those
who made the trip on foot was Pee
bies, who escaped the Tokyo disas.
ter. Ho walked to Yokohama and
found his wife and child safe. Steel
rails were twisted into weird shapes,
giant assures opened in the earth,
many feet in depth and yards wide
Hundreds fell into these. The Jap.
anese were lauded by PEBBLES for
their Kindness and consideration TO
foreigners.
Maj. II. c. Brackiey. OF the British
air service. who walked from Tokyo
TO Yokohama. also praised the con.
duct OF the natives. They readily
shared bits OF food with foreigners
and strangers. he said.
IMPERIAL HOTEL ,
STANDS INTACT
The Imperial hotel. in Tokyo.
withstood the Earth shocks and re.
manned erect. monument TO the
disaster. while all around /, were
flattened.
Max j. Kirjasoff. acting American
consul at Yokohama. escaped. but
was killed when he returned to seek
the rescue Of his wife. who also was
killed.
Not one OF the hundreds who
thronged the building escaped the
destruction of the United club. 8
popular luncheon resort, according 4
TO reports. Mrs. John c. Mann. a
missionary. reported that Hakone.
where she was stationed. was oblit.
Grated.
Ray Gehr. Of the Wagner Co.. OF
New York city. said that silk worth
100000 stored In the Yokohama
custom house. was destroyed.
Japan lost n monster navy yard
Mt fokosuka by the quake. The oil
tanks at the yard burst and caught
fire. The flaming oil spread thru.
out the neighborhood and over the
bay.
All harbor Notifications were de.
moiished. Defense island. with its
q
huge guns and fortresses. at the
mouth OF Yokohama harbor. split
into two pieces and half of II sank
into the sea. The other half was
twisted until the guns pointed sky.
ward. The military and naval
strength OF the Tokyo district was
reduced as per cent by the disaster.
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