JAPAN'S AWPTJL CALAMITY: STRICKEN BY EARTHQUAKE AND EIRE.
1. AN APPALLING SPECTACLE .OF DESOLATION AND DEATH.—Thia picture, horrible as .-.it ■ is, is■':reproduced to . give a graphic idea of the enormity of th« casualty list. • No gruesome war scene ever looked like this view of a corner of Yokohama •■ as it appeared just after the earthquake. • "■[,'. -Special Press. '2. ASAKUSA PARK, TOKIO, FORMERLY SURROUNDED BY LOFTY BUILDINGS.-It was in this park, which comprised part of the Tokio Pleasure Gardens, that 700 people were killed bg the collapse of a tower. -Sun Feature . Bureau "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18532, 17 October 1923, Page 11
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