Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-05
4 CHEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF
NAN AS NAUCHT BEFORE
CONSUMING WRATE Of NATURE

ITO TAKATA
reign Editor Osaka
hiainichi.
Ter the United Press
l923 by United Press
sept. S.--...< van, half
q crippled refugees are
o Osaka, into Kobe and
- beyond Japan's area
md destruction today, it
ssible for the first time
t this complete story tell
ne great quake and fire
ed out Yokohama, razed
brought death to as yet
4 thousands.
"a has virtually disappear
is but a shadow of the
but a few days ago WAS
5fthe Orient. Smoldering
gaps in the hard baked
stencil of the dead, the
dying, literally millions
here and there in search
reekage, suffering, desti-
every side-these things
tory of the violence of
ited upon the land OF
Ssoms.
.ture Is Supreme
a, inventions of modern
ON, all that minds of east
western civilizations have
y recent generations, broke
fore the crushing, grinding,
ng powers of nature.
mains constructed as a means
fort, became instruments of
son. Wrenched from the
by the twisting upheaval of
nth, they spat forth flame.
al systems became death
Modern buildings came tumb
arth, or were dissovled in
after the first big crash
by constantly recurring
aiiyama looked down for
ghts and three days up
rlare of flames and the
disappearing cities.
lout the summer Japan
cred in unusual heat. The
81 has been high. All for
:. I'd japanese of wealth who
sibly leave the city went
mountains, particularly
week ends. Saturday was
day. Most of the foreign
Z eft the city, But. the Jap,
asses thronged the markets
sa kusa Park, the great play
IF the city, was jammed. The
narrow streets, with their
.nting dropping in the humid
-ere filled with people. 1t
ortly after noon. The life
ity was at its height.
h Rises Four Inches
arth trembled. Streets seem
rise. In houses the floors
Upward. 1t was rising,
inches vertical shock. One
upon the other. The little
Sc dwellings, built to with
shocks with their dovetailed
and ceilings, swayed as in a
' wind. Families huddled un-
cir beams. Larger buildings,
ner and less pliable construc-
anne crashing to earth.
great tower at Asakusa park
Ii buri i hundreds beneath it.
4'~htls decorated shops and
C. t park took fire. Hum
-ie, beneath wreckage or
killed or injured as they
safety, trampling upon
pitfalls and other in
shaken apart or fir
who were not killed
IRE liberated. Invalids
eipless i'll the great dis
hecame impossible. Gas
mains burst. There was
of combating the rapidly
conflagration.
Yamamoto was meeting
be had called to form
srnment. The city was be
n down, or burned about
the cabinet was complet-
task of rescue immediate
ken.
n Withstands Shock
on Station withstOod the
t as thousands poured in
ion they found there were
of leaving the stricken
tracks were torn up. All
wires were down. Toxic
I'd.
nable terror gripped the
night came on the great
/, sweeping through ward
destroying such houses
Led standing and turning
sIs into "a great field OF
military took control. Wild
liberated from the zoo,
not. Some iooting was re-
Suspects were killed.
Imperial Palace was badly
ed. The military rushed 10
ne Prince Regent. Buildings
it was feared might com
, te the fire to the palace were
tied. The roar of explosions,
If eollapsing buildings, the
ames, added TO the terror8
ne. The heat Of the burn
became all but unbearable.
erazed by terror, ieaped
Snnidi river Others died