, 1923-09-12

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dawn of history.
Thousands upon thousands. as man.
as 1GO,OGO according to latest esti-
mates, of fear craZed men and women
and children were entombed alive In
the great mountains of debris caused
by the crumbling of thousands of
buildings. Many more were killed out
right by flying timbers and stones.
Many were trapped in burning build
ings and died the most horrible death.
Many were trampled underfoot by
fleeing hords of populace seeking safe
ty away from the falling buildings.
Many were washed into the sea by
the tidal wave.
Chaos beyond description prevails
everywhere and police and military
are helpless. Naval inc merchant YES
sells of all nations in the far eastern
seas have been ordered to Japan for
relief work and the American Red
Cross has instituted a campaign to
raise five million dollars for relief
work.
While the earthquake shocks were
at the height of their destructive in
tensity a gigantic typhOon struck both
Toxic and Yokohama. Yokohama and
other coast towns and villages were
visited by the largest tidal wave on
record and water front buildings and
shipping We're engulfed.
All city wards of Toxic except Shiba
are devastated.
Among the burned buildings of the
capital city are the imperial theater,
imperial university, all police stations,
all principal banks and stores. All
newspaper plants, including TIL
English japanese Advertiser, are de-
stroyed. The Imperial hotel is a
charred mass of ruins.
The Town Of Ito. with a population
of 6,O0O was literally swept into the
sea with all inhabitants and much har-
Dor shipping destroyed by terrific tidal
wav
Hundreds Of villages skirting Mount
Fujiyama. the sacred mountain OF
Japanese legend and story. have been
entirely Oblitered by landslides.
Seven thousand refugees were
trapped OF Mount Hakone. a famous
o of the wealthy and the foreign
ers, and persisted. The Itokidzu pen
insula was washed away and it is
feared every resident of that place
was killed.
Thousands were killed when the
tidal wave swept the sea coast of
Udawara to Its doom without leaving
a trace of either town or harbor.
Latest dispatches from the STRICKEN
islands relate hat all light houses and
marine safeguards aloLg the treacher-
u and torturous coast of the island
are destroyed and navigation of re-
lief ships will be fraught with great
danger. Sunken reefs have been
raised and visible reefs have disap-
peared from sight. The floor of the
deepwater harbor at Yokohama Is re-
ported to have raised until the SPLEEN
did anchorage is nothing but a shoal.
While the capital of the Empire
burned the new premier. Yamamoto.
hastily formed his cabinet and set up
a new seat Of government at Kyoto.
from where martial law throughout
the empire was inaugurated.
A dispatch from Nagasaki, on the
lower end of the island and furthest
away from the area OF destruction, re-
ports that 5000 operatives OF the Full
spinning mill were killed when the
large mill toppled and burned. The
reports also states that Mount Full
and other volcanoes are becoming
active. There are nearly two hundred
volcanoes on the islands, fifty OF
which are more or less active Mt all
times, and may become a new menace
to life and property In the stricken
Islands.