JAPAN'S GREAT DISASTER.
SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY. (united press association -bt ELECtaic 1 teleghaph-coptkight.) (.Received' September 2nd, 7 p.m.) TOKYO, September 2. The seventh anniversary of the great earthquake was observed with elaborate .ceremony in Tokyo. The Prime Minister read an address at the great memorial shrine, where 32.000 persons were burned to death at. Hon jo. Ihe screaming of sirens was followed,, by silence and a cessation of traffic. Tlieie was a' Vast gathering present. [Japan suffered the worst disaster in its history on September Ist, 1923, when ' a great earthquake shock, lollowed bv a tidal wave and fire, extensively destroyed Tokyo, the capital, Yokohama, the chief port, arid other towns and health resorts, total number of casualties was 246,540, of which 99,331 were killed and 43,4(6 were missiug. Houses destroyed by fire numbered 447,128. by collapse 128,266, washed away by tidal wave 868: in addition. 126.93". lions'" s were damaged. The reconstruction work has been practically completed, and modern cities have been built at Tokyo and Yokohama.]
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20023, 3 September 1930, Page 8
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