ALL NEWS BY WIRELESS

Evening Post, Volume 55, Issue 55, 3 September 1923, Page 7

ALL NEWS BY WIRELESS

. ; SAN FRANCISCO, 2nd Sept. A ToTrio dispatch, ssys the entire noiyr--tov.il district or Tokio has been ,3'v.ept .by Sre. It was reported, that tho Sair,e3 were under control at noon u;-i!ay. The central telegraph, and tele■?!ic!vj offices, and .nearly all the branch ■Dices, have been destroyed. Only radio „ pfDrrmiiicatioij is possible with'the de-, "-.'astated region.. ..■.Prince Hirohito' arid' his household are safe, according -to a. radio message. The only means of communication with Japan is • through the^ Tomioka station. The disaster is apparently general along the Japanese coast. The' only survivor who so far has reached Tomioka, reported . that the deaths in Tokio alone were, incalculable. A number of trains running to Tokio were ivreckec? during the .earthquake. . A re f ngee told a wireless agent that at the first shock fires broke out in various parts; of Tokio' and destroyed the MisuKoshi .departmental store, the Metropolitan Police Board"■ building, the Im.pei'ial y ' Theatre, and many other large buildings.

The fire is. spreading from Sehju to Shinaga^a, The flames are visible seven miles from Tokio. Seven hundred are reported to have been killed when a twelve4tory tower at Asakuß -fell. Many boats were- sunk in the tidal wave in the Bay of Suruga. Most of the houses at Numazu collapsed, it is rumoured that the Imperial Palace is in danger.