TOWN WIPED OUT
Fire Disaster in Japan
700 HOUSES DESTROYED
(Rec. May 7, 11 p.m.). Tokio, May 7.
Yamanaka, a hot-springs resort, was wiped out by fire this morning. The loss is estimated at £5,000,000. More than 700 dwellings and 30 hotels were destroyed. It is feared that there is a considerable death roll which, however, is not yet reported.
Yamanaka lies about 50 miles to the south-west of Tokio.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 189, 8 May 1931, Page 9
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