FIRES AT TOKIO.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE
OVER 20,C00 PEOPLE HOMELESS. THREE, THOUSAND HOUSES BURNT. jY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, Received March .19, 10 a.m. TOKIO, March IS. Three conflagrations occurred in Tokio this .afternoon, one of which is reported to have destroyed three thousand buildings, rendering twenty thousand people homeless. Many casualties are feared. Troops were called out to make a fire "break land to check the- progress of the flames. Tlhe work of the firemen war'* severely -hampered ;by a strong gale, and lack of water.
The other fires destroyed about sixty houses each, before they were controlled .—Renter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 March 1925, Page 7
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98FIRES AT TOKIO. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 March 1925, Page 7
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