LANDSLIDE IN JAPAN
FIREMEN’S DIFFICULT TASK IUuiUMI Press Association - li.v Electric 'iVleßi'aiili—Cupvrich l l TOKIO. 12th November. It is believed that 300 people perished and 1,400 homeless as a result of the landslide on Komenashiyama mountain in the Naguto Prefecture. Fifteen hundred firemen are fighting the ilamcs knee-deep in snow, mud, and rocks, amid incessant snow. Their task i the more difficult owing to explosions igniting sulphur heaps.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 15 November 1937, Page 7
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68LANDSLIDE IN JAPAN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 15 November 1937, Page 7
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