FIERCE TYPHOON.
WORST SINCE 1905. Eastern Japan Devastated by Storm. i LANDSLIDE KILLS 66 MEK[. (Received IJ-30 a.m.) TOKYO, August 31. The worst typhoon since 1905 devastated eastern Japan at dawn, plunging Tokyo, Yokohama and other towns in darkness through the breakage of electric cables. The typhoon rooted up trees, which blocked streets, unroofed buildings, submerged wharves, and levelled crops. A landslide at Chuto railway station in Korea killed Gβ sleeping workmen.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 206, 1 September 1938, Page 11
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72FIERCE TYPHOON. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 206, 1 September 1938, Page 11
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