MANY WRECKS
TYPHOON DISASTER DEVASTATION IN JAPAN CITIES IN DAKKNESS 66 KILLED BY LANDSLIDE By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received September 1, 8.30 p.m.) TOKIO, August 31 The worst typhoon since 1905 devastated eastern Japan at dawn, plunging Tokio, Yokohama and other towns in darkness through the breakage of electric cables. Yokohama Harbour is reported to be littered with wrecked vessels. The t3'phoon rooted up trees which blocked the streets, unroofed buildings, submerged wharves, and levelled
crops. A landslide at Chuto railway station in Korea killed 66 sleeping workmen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23132, 2 September 1938, Page 9
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