The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-22
Three Thousand Die
 ln Big Earthquake
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 1Iate conflagrations in some areas.
 Best Fires Prevented
 The rain and quick action by focal authorities prevented serious fires, the governor general, of For mosa announced. He said all ad- vices from the stricken area show ed there were only a few fires Sunday and later surveys showed none of importance.
 Almost All Chinese
 The population of the stricken region-almost entirely Chinese and with few American or Eu- ropean residents-was stunned by 4he ruin of their homes and fields.
 Villages were flattened, fires broke out in Karakento and By. oritzu. A terrific rain washed out roads and bridges in some areas. In others, there was Q shortage of water due to disrup- ton of normal facilities. Property damage was tentatively estimated at $28, ,000, 1000.
 An airplane party surveying the quake region flew within few hundnred feet of the ground most of the time. Many collins, piled in village streets, were visible. The etraw and mud-roofed houses of the villages were crumble Many natives sat on the ruins of their homes.
 Japan Hurries Help
 The Japanese government, which owns the island some 90 miley off the Chinese coast, mohiliZtu for the refugees and announced this afternoon that sufficient doc tors and nurses were on hand to care for the injured.
 Many roads, however, were inn passable and the coastal railroad line was wiped out in the most seriously damaged region.
 A gas tank exploded as the cor respondent flow over then town of kinsui In the quake region. Metal and debris scattered over the town but fire did not follow.
 The Japanese overseas ministry took charge of relief work and mo- tice, was sent to Tokio that 1t would not be necessary to send ad- ditional supplies. Bodies buried in the wreckage probably will be re- covered by tomorrow morning, 1t was announced.
 One Doctor for Every 100
 For every. hundnred injured, there was but ono doctor. Relicf expeditions pushing into the vest ern sections where loss of life was heaviest, found water purIficatioE works even of cities, in ruins Fear ing epidemic, emergency repairs were hastily organiZeod to assure adequate supplies of pure water. The average yearly temperature ot Formosa is 90 degrees
 official lists placed the death to- { tai at 3,003 in the provinces of Taichu and Shinchiku and about 50 elsewhere.
 Property damage was estimated nnofficially at $2S.000,000. Official estimates placed the number of homes destroyed at G. 671. At least 10,O35 homes were damaged.
 Appalling Death Stories
 Carrier pigeons from military relief expeditions brought appali- ing stories of death, suffering and destfuction in isolated mountain villages and towns to this, the capital and largest city.
 In Doura 330 were killed. In Naiho 581. In Kamioka 445. The extensive oil wells that produce great volume for Japanese con- sumption escaped with compara- lively little damage, but fires broke out in the towns of karakento and Byoritzu.
 A. Japanese warship had arrived < at Byoritzu, landing "a relief par ty.
 The temblor shook down brick and concrete buildings and the s thatched mud huts of the natives alike. Thousands of homeless camped in bamboo fields, afraid to return even to homes which es- caped undamaged, or crowded the roads leading to the municipal cen ters, carrying wailing orphaned children and injured with them. The territorial government voted l fund of $4,4S0,0O0 to care for them and to start rehabilitation work.
 Spring Rains Helped
 Spring rains drenched the re- fugees and washed out roads over which aid might have been sent 70 the aremote areas. The temblcr < also wrecked many of the high way tunnels leading into noun tain valleys in which much of the populace had concentrated.
 On every side there was suffer- ing and sorrowg as relief authori- ties, guided by the experience oS thea natural disasters periodically affecting Japanese territory, be- gan theh task of caring for the injured, housing the homeless, and rehabilitating the rural and muni- cipal areas.
 The damaged area spread from the~ center of the 220-mile long Island to it's northern tip alons the western side The east and the south where there are exten- parently escaped with little dam age.
 Taihoku temples and schools were converted into emergency hospitals. Volunteer nurses cir culated among the stretchers in the wards applying home remedies b relieve suffering until the sorely- pressed doctors, many of them un- trained in modern surgery. could reach the injured. An odor nt cappHur nuDS nedNy over tlle liu- pruyiseJ hospitals.
 Rude Wooden Collins
 Carpenters hastily constructed rude wooden collins to bury tEe dead, many of whom had to be virtually torn from the hands of their families. Orphaned chill dren stood around the collins, wafling pieteuosly for dead parents. Other children circulated among the refugees seeking father or mother from whom the disaster had separated them.
 The task of estimating the toll exactly was made more difficult by the flight of frightened rural resi- dents toward the larger towns in their haste they deserted their 1,nxrns and fhair haIonpip0s In