JAPANESE VOLCANO
GREAT DESTRUCTION. [BY CABJjE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGIIT.J TOKIO, July 14. The Kiyake Island volcano in its eruption has destroyed fifty villages, Scores of people are missing. Lava has partially filled up a bay on the shore, creating an island. —LATER. A new eruption terrified the Kiyake islanders, whom explosions and a fresh lava flow have caused to move to the beach in the hope of being evacuated. However, heavy seas have hampered the evacuation as well as the rescue ships, which are making efforts to land supplies. ’QUAKE AT TOKIO. TOKIO, July 14.
Tokio citizens rushed from their homes on Monday morning, when the most severe earthquake for some weeks occurred. The damage was small.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 July 1940, Page 5
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