The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-22

OnluCIllhu.
The series Of temblorS-n
anese earthquake-tOOk a hul
officially at 3053 dead and sol
the peril of pestilence and fire
added to the misery of tens
of thousands, although
drenching rains after the
quake aided in preventing immedi-
ate conhagratiOns in some areas.
The rain and quick action by
local authorities prevented serious
fires. the Governor General of For
mosa announced. He said all adj
vices from the stricken area showed
there were only a few fires yester-
day and later surveys showed none
of Importance.
The demOralized pOpulace of this
japanese island so miles of the
Chinese coast rallied slowly today
from the effect of the worst tenn
blor in the oriental earthquake belt
since the Toxic disaster of 1928.
For every hundred injured, there
was but one doctor.
Damage at S28,OOO,0OO
Relief expeditions pushing into
the western section where loss of
life was heaviest. found water puri-
cation works even of cities, in ruins.
Fearing epidemic. emergency re1
pairs were hastily organized to as
sure adequate supplies of pure water.
The average yearly temperature of
FOrmoSa is 90 degrees.
Property damage was estimated
unoff1cially at $26,OOO,OOO.
Official estimates placed the num-
Der of homes destroyed at 6671. At
least 1O035 homes were damaged.
Approximately 10000 we're made
homeless.
Carrier pigeons from military re-
lief expeditions brought appalling
stories of death. suffering. and de-
Struction in isolated mountain viii
lagos and towns to this, the capital
and largest city.
Homeless Crowd Roads
In Doura $50 were killed, in
Naiho. SOL: in Kamioka, AS. The
extensive oil wells that produce
great volume for japanese con-
sumption escaped with compare
lively little damage. but fires broke
out in the towns of Karakento and
ByoritZu
A Japanese warShip had arrived
at Byoritzu. landing a relief party.
The temblor shook down brick
and concrete buildings and the
matched mud hutS of the ma
tiveS alike. Thousands of homeless
camped in bamboo fields, afraid to
return even to homes which escaped
unchanged, or crowded the roads
leading to the municipal centerS,
carrying wailing orphaned children
and injured with them. The terri
torial government voted a fund of
S4.4S0.OO0 to care for them and to
start rehabilitation work.
Spring rains dfenChed the refu-
gees and washed out roads over
which aid might have been sent to
the remote areas. The temblor also
wrecked many of the highway
tunnels leading into mountain val
leys in which most of the populace
had concentrated
Suffering on All Sides
On every side there was suffering
and sorrow as relief authorities.
guided by the experience of the
natural disasters periodically affect
ing japanese territory. began the
task of caring for the injured,
housing the homeless. and rehabili-
tating the rural and municipal
areas.
The damaged area spread from
the center of the 22O-mile long
island to its northern tip along the
western side. The east and the
south, where there are extensive rice
and tea plantations. apparently
escaped with little damage.
Taihoku temples and schools were
converted into emergency hospitals.
Volunteer nurses circulated among
the StretcherS in the wards applying
home remedies TO relieve suffering
until the sorely pressed doctors,
many of them unframed in modern
surgery. could reach the injured.
An odor of camphor hung heavy
over the improvised hospitals.
Construct Rude Collins
Carpenters hastily constructed
rude wooden collins to bury the
dead. many Of whom had TO be viz
tually torn from the hands of Their
families. Orphaned children stood
around the collins. wailing piteous-
" for dead parents. Other children
circulated among the refugees seek
ing a father or a mother from whom
the disaster had separated them.
The task of estimating the toll
exactly was made more difficult by
the fight of frightened rural resi-
dents toward the larger towns. In
their haste they deserted their
homes and their belongings. In
many small towns soldiers found in
jIred still buried in the wreckage