Two Days of Terror
Havoc in Japan
floods, tornadoes, and EARTHQUAKES United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph- —Copyright. TOKIO, June SC. Japan lias passed through two days of terror, floods, tornadoes and earthquakes causing havoc. The rainfall was the heaviest in living memory. There is a death roll of over 1»K). All train schedules in Tokio have been cancelled, and 150,000 houses in Tokio are flooded. The town worst hit outside the capital is Tsuchiura, whero the entire population are refugees. The typhoon is now moving to the Pacific, and shipping services arc suspended. OVER A HUNDRED DROWNED TOKIO, July 1. The toll of the floods in tho Kwanto area is 154 drowned, with eight missing.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 154, 2 July 1938, Page 5
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