LASHED BY A TYPHOON
EASTERN JAPAN DEVASTATED A TRAIL OF DAMAGE TOKIO, Aug. 31. The worst typhoon since 1905 devastated Eastern Japan at dawn, plunging Tokio, Yokohama, and other towns into darkness through breakage of electric cables, rooting up trees, blocking streets, unroofing buildings, submerging wharves, and levelling crops. _ A landslide at Chuto railway station, Korea, killed 66 sleeping workmen. MANY VESSELS WRECKED TOKIO, Aug. 31. (Received Sept. 1, at 11.45 p.m.) The east coast of Yokohama Harbour is reported to be littered with wrecked vessels as a result of the typhoon. TEN DEATHS REPORTED TOKIO, Sept. l. (Received Sept. 2, at 1.55 a.m.) Tens of thousands of workers are unable to reach the city as a result of the typhoon damage. Thirty thousand houses are flooded in the Tokio area. Three bridges have been demolished and 10 deaths have been reported. The disaster occurred on the anniversary of the 1923 earthquake.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23594, 2 September 1938, Page 9
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