TO THE NECK IN WATER
while ;con^agb.ati6n raged;
; ■■-■ -.'. TOjKiO, 12th September./ Authentic, reports from Yokohama..reveal how 2000 foreigners saved themselves after the collapse of' tjie cliff houses into the sea. The survivors, jumping into 'the sea, Stood neck-deep' in the water, dicing, .their head's beneath the surlace occasionally to counteract the terrific heat.
The Polish Minister in Japan was flung by the earthquake into the Yokohama canal, alone both sides of which roaring flames blazed. Nevertheless, with the flames raging round him, he remained in the water 18 hours, eventually escaping alive.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1923, Page 7
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92TO THE NECK IN WATER Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1923, Page 7
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