GREAT FIRE IN TOKYO.
— . i MANY THOUSANDS HOMELESS. WHOLE DISTRICTS SWEPT. 3000 BUILDINGS DESTROYED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 2 p.m.) TOKYO, March 18. Three conflagrations occurred in i Tokyo this afternoon, one of which is j reported to have destroyed three thou- J sand buildings, rendering twenty thou- { sand homele?.*. It is feared there are J many casualties. j Troops were called out to make a fire- j break and check the progress of the ; flames. The work of the firemen was , severely hampered by a strong gale and ; lack of water. Other fires destroyed about sixty houses each before being controlled.— (Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 66, 19 March 1925, Page 5
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