It is impossible to estimate the aggregate casualties in all the affected districts, but it is remembered that in the great earthquake of 1856 more than 100,000 people were killed in the province of Yedo alone. It is feared that the casualties in Tokio this time will be greater. ...
Article : 251 wordsThe Radio Corporation has received a wireless message stating that the Japanese city of Nagoya has been destroyed, and that the population of 600,000 is believed to be dead. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" New York correspondent says:— A radio message received from Japan states: An earthquake lasting one and a half hours on Friday caused devastation along a belt of three hundred miles of the most thickly populated area ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 83 wordsVarious press reports from Shaughu give the following information of the disaster in Japan,:—Tokio city is in ruins, and to-day was again shaken by ...
Article : 248 wordsWhile Tokio, the capital of the Japanese Empire, burned, Count Yamanoto, the new Premier, in succession to the late Baron Kato; was hurriedly ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 wordsThe terrible plight in which the in habitants of Tokio and Yokohama find themselves is pitifully depicted in the various newspaper reports. For ...
Article : 197 wordsAccording to a report received from Osaka telegraph office, the Tokio central telegraph office and the telephone office have been completely destroyed by fire. It is believed the telephone line will be partially restored comparatively early, but the restoration of the telegraph lines will take ...
Article : 196 wordsHerr Stresemann, the German Chancellor, speaking to-day at Stuttgart, in Wurtemburg, stated that Germany was quite ready and willing to discuss the ...
Article : 99 wordsThe following report has been received from Lieutenant Ishida, who reconnoitred Tokio by aeroplane yesterday afternoon: ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 220 wordsLieutenant Satano has arrived at Osaka by aeroplane, carrying a message from the War Minister to the commander of the Osaka division reporting the condition of Tokio, and requesting immediate relief measures, including the transportation of 4,000 bales of rice. ...
Article : 143 words[Nagoya is a town 75 milos east by north of Kyoto. Its celebrated castle was erected in 1610 by 20 great feudal lords, and regarded as one of the ...
Article : 75 wordsA wireless message from Nagasaki, via the steamer Korea Maru, states that all the lighthouses in the Bay of Tokio have been rendered useless at night ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that there has been considerable rioting and plundering in the Ruhr Valley, mainly in the ...
Article : 159 wordsMr. C. J. Merfield, chief assistant Astronomer at the Melbourne Observatory, says that the earthquake was well recorded on the Melbourne seismograph. ...
Article : 139 wordsA report received by the "Osaka Mainic[?] Shimbun" says that Prince Hirohito, the Prince Regent, is safe, and that Count Yamanoto, the new ...
Article : 104 wordsEarly estimates are that over 100,000 persons are dead at Tokio. Many small Japanese cities have been completely destroyed, and it its feared that the deaths exceed half a million. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Pekin correspondent of the United Press Association cables: The fire at Tokio is reported to be under control, but tremendous confusion prevails because the police and the military are unable to cope with the unparalleled disorder. Another report says that the city is under martial ...
Article : 269 wordsHundreds of foreigners were holiday making in the Hakone district, where the force of the earthquake is believed to have been the most severe, and fears arc entertained for their safety. A naval radio message received from Funabashi says that the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Bavarian Fascisti are in complete control of Nuremborg, and hava nauled down the Republican flags and hoisted the Kaiser's standard instead. It is ...
Article : 148 wordsThe American Red Cross, has cabled to its Chinese and Philippine stations to rush all available personal supplies to the stricken cities of Japan. The ...
Article : 204 wordsThe acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earie Page), referring to-day to the earthquake disaster in Japan, said that the deepest, sympathy of the whole world ...
Article : 152 wordsIt is reported that the Premier (Count Yamanoto) and one of the young Imperial princes had a narrow escape, the latter taking refuge in a bamboo patch. The countryside for 50 miles above Tokio is laid waste, and heaps of dead fill the streets of the desolated towns. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe above map shows the territory of Japan that was affected by the earthquakes and the tidal wave. The shocks, of which there were a number, were severaly felt at Tokio, Yokohama, Yokosuka, and right along the coast to Osaka, which town is 300 miles away from Tokio. Between Tokio and Osaka lies the famous volcanie mountain Fujiyama. All the hamlets in the neighbourhood of the mountain have been destroyed. Nagoya, a town of 600,000 people, is said to have been totally destroyed. The tidal wave which swept ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 163 wordsWidespread floods occurred in the province of Bihar towards the end of August. From the particulars now available ...
Article : 122 wordsThe German steamer Klopfel, bound from Hull to Bremerhaven, foundered in a gale in the North Sea yesterday. The captain was the only one out of ...
Article : 73 wordsOSAKA, September 1. The Tokio correspondent of the "Mainichi" reports: Yesterday, since morning, there was a strong wind, and it was cloudy and hot. At noon All dwellings, offices, and otehr buildings were either completely or ...
Article : 273 wordsThe details of the final round-up of the Sikh and Babbar Akali ararchisth were made available to-day, and show that mounted police reinforced by ...
Article : 73 wordsIn the second day's play of the Anglo Dutch tennis tournament held at Noordwijk (Holland) the Britishers were more successful, winning several of the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 4 Sep 1923, Page 7
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