DAM DISASTER IN JAPAN
EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO BE ARRESTED' . ".'V, £ CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER £ (United Press Association—By Elecfcriij i i ? Telegraph—Copyright)' - ' w JC TOKIO, 25th November! 1 - The police decided to arrest' ‘‘ Mr E Osarusawa, a copper mine executive officer, and charge him with manslaughter on the ground that he was ;r responsible for the collapse •of vjthjef yi ~ dam. ' ' ' ’ pS Mr Mitsukishi, head of the ..family ~~ owning the mine, has given £58,000 a to the fund for the victims of the V. disaster. ’h At least 300 were killed when the " banks of the reservoir above the r Osarusawa copper mine‘at Akita col-* lapsed. The dam, which is 700 ft lo'hgvy and 200 ft high, burst owing to iheavy $ ? rain and overwhelmed”'"a .valley.!comC”U-i~ taining six villages.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 7
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