TERRIBLE INCIDENTS
THOUSANDS BURNED ALIVE
WARSHIPS WRECKED AT YOKO--1 . HAMA. (ONITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIQBI.) (Suu Cable.) (Received 4th September, 12.30 p.m.) 1 NEW YORK, 3rd September. Japanese advices state that many warships strew the shore in the vicinity of Yokohama, having been driven fromtheir anchorage by the tidal wave. The majority of the large steamers escaped by standing out to sea before the worst came. Much plundering- and looting is reported in the stricken districts. It is reported that. 8000 people were burned alive in a military compound at Honjo, where they took refuge after the earthquake. Elsewhere, owing to the destruction of bridges over the canals , preventing their escapo, •thousands were trapped in the blazing areas and perished. Many leaped into the water and .were drowned.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 4 September 1923, Page 8
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