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Scores of Men Trapped in Coal and Copper Mines JAPANESE ISLAND DISASTER ’PLANES AID IN RELIEF
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 2.15 p.m. to-day. TOKIO, April 22. An aeroplane survey shows that the earthquake devastated 2000 square miles of country from Shinchiku to Taiehu and inland as far as the central mountain range. It is apparent that many villages have- been wiped out and scores of men 'trapped in gold, copper and coal mines in affected areas.
Air corps dropped relief bundles of medical supplies to villagers and mountaineers, mostly Chinese and Taiwanese, trapped when landslides buried the tunnels of mountain passes preventing relief -workers establishing contaet •with them.
Many sections of the island’s railway are a total loss. Owing to the shortage of coffins, villagers are using beer boxes. Minor shocks continue.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 23 April 1935, Page 6
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