JAPANESE DISASTER
ERUPTION OF MOUNT TOKACKI. ONE HUNDRED BODIES RECOVERED. (Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) TOKIO, May 25. Reports from Hokkaido state that three violent eruptions occurred, the first resulting in a lava stream roaring down the side of Mount Tokachi completely damming the Mie River and causing the countryside to be flooded. The third explosion blew oil the side of the mountain, raining down rocks, trees, and mud, which clogged the Furvono River, thus increasing the floods, which submerged several' small villages. Nearly two miles of railway were completely destroyed, but a relief train, with 800 helpers, is reported to have arrived. The official report from the Governor of Hokkaido states that 200 buddings were washed away and about 1800 acres of farm lano were inundated. The latest official report states that 100 bodies have been recovered, wh'le 20 people were seriously and 200 slightly injured.—Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19800, 27 May 1926, Page 9
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