Evening star., 1923-09-06
REFUGEES REVEAL
HORRORS Of QUAKE
Give Narrowing Accounts of
Escapes in Yokohama;
(
Whole City Destroyed.
BY A. w. CURTIS.

By Gable to Th2 star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1923.
KOBE. Japan. September 6.-The P.
and o. steamer Dongola has arrived
here with a large number of foreign
ers. refugees from Toxic. Yokohama
and neighboring cities. All give har-
rowing accounts, of their experiences.
Douglas Adam, editor of the Japan
Gazette, said:
An business houses in Yokohama
were in full swing at the time of the
earthquake. The shocks were sue
cessively vertical and horizontal
Buildings on all sides collapsed like
houses of cards. The people panic
stricken, rushed for the open places
Almost Immediately fires broke out.
In a few hours the whole settlement
and the residential quarter on the
bluff were in ruins.
I'm the meantime observers stand
ing in the settlement saw the towers
of the churches on the bluff topple
over and disappear. Several ships in
the, harbor landed boats with water
and took off the wounded. The city
suddenly found itself without food or
water and but for the gallant assist
ance rendered by British. French,
American and Japanese steamers the
loss. of life would surely have been
much greater"
1t is estimated that 100 foreigners
known to have lost their lives:
United States Consul and Mrs Max d.
KirJossoff, Vice Consul Paul E. Jenks.
Or. Worden. DR.; Gilmore, Smith L.
eoiia and - Gimson. All of the he
foregoing nine victims were Amer
lean. The British dead include the
following: Huge Horne. commercial
Dr Z
J. Sibbs TAFT of the Chartered Bank,
Tom Abbey and A. B. Mason. ,r
The following French We're killed
Consul and Nine. de Jardin and child
Tins were DR.. Reidhaar. a Swiss;
Mr. Rubattelli, Mrs. Fowbottom. Mrs
A. Gray, Mrs. kirkland Wilson, Mrs
Somerton, Mr.. and Mrs. Ribeiro and
son, Louis Watson and British con-
sular shipping clerk, Mr.. Lees.
Refugees from the fashionable
summer resort Mfyanoshita. forty five
miles southwest. of Toxic. arrived
here yesterday. Most of them were
attired in Japanese clothing. Only
one foreigner is known to have been
killed at this place. His name is
given as Hurst. :.
New Firess Develop.
There were further fires in Toxic
on Tuesday and troops were blowing
up buildings to prevent the spread of
the f1ameS There mas, been cOnSld-
erable lawlessness. and leoting has
been attempted in both Toxic and
Yokohama Martial law is now be-
ing enforced rigidly in the whole
earthquake district. The Toxic gar
rison has been reinforced by troops
from Utsonomiya, 'Takasaki and Sa
kura.
The American steamers President
Jefferson Steel, Traveller and West
Jena and the British knight Templar
and. Lycaon are arriving with more
fugitives. Altogether 1000 foreign
ers have arrived here from the
stricken cities or are expected soon.
Consuls and leading residents fere
have formed a relief committee. and
already about $4,000 yen C$25,000) has
been subscribed. Generous response to
urgent calls for clothing are being
made. - 49,
It.cannot be too strongly emphasized
that Yokohama rs a business center
and popular stopping-of place for tour
istssno longer exists. The hotels, busi-
ness houses. government offices, con-
sulates. churches.,and theaters have all
been destroyed. ~
Persons who were In San Francisco
at the time of the earthquake and fire
describe the Yokohama situation as far
worse in every way ...