FIRE IN OSAKA
TOKIO, January 16. Five thousand two hundred and sixtyeight houses were destroyed by the fire at Osaka, and 30,000 people are homeless. The fire originated in a house of illfame. The whole quarter was consumed, and many women perished. The flames spread to the crowded workmen’s quarter. Soldiers assisted the firemen. and the fire was controlled after 10 hours’ hard fighting. . ANOTHER OUTBREAK. TOKIO, January 17. At night there was a recrudescence of the fire at Osaka, and it was not extinguished till midnight. The damage is said to amount to throe millions sterling.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3019, 24 January 1912, Page 26
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