Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09

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was drowned at Kobe when she fell
into the water from a crowded gang
plank as the tourist steamer Cali
! fornia was making ready to sail Six
others were injured, but were under
stood to have continued aboard the
ship.
{ A message received by the Anchor
! Line a Glasgow, Scotland, said that
the woman passenger aboard the Cali
fornia who lost her life was Mrs.
Glen Schultze, who died from INNER
sion and shock. The passenger list
of the California showed a Mrs.
Jessie Glen Schultze of Ventnor, New
Jersey.
| With their houses reduced to ruins
or ashes by last nights earthquake,
]! thousands of refugees in the stricken
area, most of them in the district of
Tango today struggled to reach
safety and to care for injured.
Dispatches from Tango described
the pitiful condition of the refugees,
homeless, hungry and cold. In some
places the snow was from one to five
! feet deep and hundreds of men,
women and children, possessing but
a few blankets found .neager shelter
behind great snow drifts
The suffering of women and chill
! dren was considerable, although the
! efforts of troops, police and young
mems associations were alleviating
the misery. Efforts to bring aid to
the devastated region were retarded
because of lack of railway traffic,
only motors and wagons being avail
! able in addition TO a few airplanes
which are bringing in some relief
supplies. The roads and paths were
badly cracked everywhere.
: A newspaper airplane observer de-
/ scribed the smoking ruins of villages,
numerous bodies lying about and
/ priests reading the final rites. One
observer said conditions were pitiful
| beyond description
/ The majority of residents of the
! Tango distric. who escaped death
! last evening spent the night in the
open spreading mats on the snow.
i Policemen, doctors and nurses are be-
ing hurried to the scene with relief
supplies, and it is expected that the
I hunger and misery there will be
alleviated soon.
| reporter for the Asahi Shin
! bun who went to the scene in an air.
plane said most of the villages were
I reduced to ashes, that no houses were
Z left standing and that the roads
We're unusable Bodies were lying
about in the paths and fields and
! nj ha ipi1
| for medical aid and food. The cries
Of women and children were heard
everywhere. He described the scene
as like living hell"
! 1t is believed the economic damage
may not be great, as most of the
| damage was confined tc small villages
inhabited by fishermen anS peasants.
and that few factories and Industrial
establishments were injured.
The emperor and empress have
shown great solicitude for the vic
TINS, both of them remaining up
most of last night and tonight to OBJ
tain news. 1t is expected that i'm
perial relief funds will be granted.
| two imperial commissioners already
having been sent to the scene to OBJ
tain reports
Both Kobe and Osaka today were
celebrating their fortunate escape
from the quake, comparatively little
serious damage being caused in them.
Most of the dead and injured were
the victims of falling tiles and panic;
| some of them jumped from windows
The Tokyo observatory announced
that there were nine after shocks
and that it believed the main shock
was stronger than the Tajima quake
of 1925.
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