OSAKA BURNING.
;.-'■_;'■' >■;■•:•'•"■•.'•,'■ , ,"' .' .*. " ■, —" .':■'.■.';" iTBMHiB AND ./MANY; BUILDINGS'EOST : .' -"^■^'r^i-BIG-'DEATH-LIST, 1 ' fyy , : '' [ (By iTolcßraph.-Fresa;; Aaaoclalion.-Oopyrlßht.l ■: 1 ■"/-/'.'"■ • ■":':''■''. V': London, 'August i... ; • Retiter'.s'/Agency: 'reports that- throughout 'yesterday' a;:fire was. raging 'at Osaka;:thej 'principal seaport'and second city of Japan.\ : Thousands ,of, : buildings,,were:, ruined, and jtlie. vWprld-fambus Buddhist temple, was dc•stroyed.:// •./ :: ./... ■ : .'-.c-'''':':', •'' '■' ;;;:■■:■' y.: ; Many;pepple perished. /'-•: : ' : ' ; '■''&'■"■:■' ■_•'■ •i [The great; Buddhist temple in' Osaka was' founded ,by< .Shptokn ;Tai-shi, and. was restored' iu./166t..; i-li.-covered an immense area at i the south-east corner of. the city, and had'-a fine pagoda,(from which an admirable .view of the' country/was'..obtained. -In all,"there were in' Osaka! about 1380 Buddhist temples and 538 ;Sliinto,temples.]i,;' ..•■>-[. .'..''■ ■•: !■'-• ';;;■■■.■.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 5
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99OSAKA BURNING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 5
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