San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-24

Following is the first Of four articles
All. Egger. Tokyo correspondent of
Daiiy News. reviewing the events
summarizing the results of the
the subsequent fires. Mr.. Egge-
IN MS homo in Tokyo at the time
|the first quake.)
By +. II. EGGER.
fcial Cable TO The San Antonio Light
and the Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1928.
Ifokyo. Japan. Oct. 24.-In the
SsSs and turmoil Immediately follow
the earthquakes and fires that
ped out Yokohama and destroyed so
|ch of Tokyo and other places in
pans earthquake belt there were
{ from japanese cities and other
pits in the far east many reports
pen time and n return to calm rea-
nave disproved. II is With the
ention If summarizing the facts
dealing with various phaseN OF
disaster in an analytical manner
bertO impossible that l write this
tcie and others that will rollow. i
| II deal with the subject in n per-
|al way. my statements being based
personal experiences and observa-
hs. Such criticism as / offer is
he without bias or animosity.
Tokyo, capital of the japanese en-
P; Yokohama, famous treaty port:
kosuka. location of one of the most
Portant naval stations and hundreds
maller cities. towns and villages in
hrea extending more than 100 miles
rs Tokyo bay and the Pacific coast,
pm ruins. The extent CT the devas-
on varies in different localities
p the complete humiliation of
johanna through quake and fire
the partial destruction of villages
|buched ~ conflagration.
Severest Shocks i'm Yokohama.
low was this terrible destruction
ught. In Yokohama the forces of
|ure asserted themselves with the
II terrible results. 1t was two min
before the noon hour on Saturday.
tember /, when offices forces were
parihg to leave their desks for
week end and business houses
e still open. that the first shock
e. Without the usual slight trem-
preceding n heavier shock, the
ke struck with full force. The
dings in the business district,
Ftructed of brick. stone and NOR
several decades ago and without
saving strength of steel frame
k, crumbled into fragments al
t instantaneously. Persons not
Eht beneath the ruins found them
:, in a cloud of dense black dust
eh for several minutes withheld
B view the scene of ruin.
hen this dust cloud titled there
revealed an mazing spectacle of
ty PROSTATE. knocked down with
exception of a scant half dozen
dier structures. Other quakes of
destructive strength followed in
d succession. but the terrible work
been completed so far as Ioko-
was concerned in this respect
hen followed fires. Five minutes
r he first shock fierce blazes
ng p through the ruins. making
Impossible for any surviving the
pse of bur dings to reach the wa
-ont before being hemmed in by
es. Within an hour Yokohama
transformed from busy city
a seething furnace of burning de-
Eighteen hours afterward every
within the city that could burn
been reduced 10 ashes. While
violent movement of the earth
lily agitated the waters of the har-
no tidal wave rolled over the
10 qucnch he flames. Quake
fire combined TO destroy COM
bay in three-quarters of one day
man had shaped through several
iries.
eel Buildings Stand the Strain
be destruction in Tokyo was diff
ht. The first quake hit the capital
kaetly the same time, but with not
same abrupt violence. Instead.
shock increased in violence for
t thirty seconds and then spent |
in the next half minute. Japan
dwellings collapsed rapidly. For
structures of brick and mortar |
psed as did those in Yokohama.
more modern structures. such as
big office buildings in Marunouchi |
business district. and the Imperial
proudly resisted the terrible
b. though many of these modern
lures of steel framework and
,ete reinforced bore marks of