Japan's Black Sunday

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 1, 3 September 1923, Page 6

Japan's Black Sunday

1 HORROR OF TEN SUAKES. HOMELESS FOODLESS PEOPLE. Fi»ij» AMOciationi—Copyright. Au>- ■| -* ■'■■" (Received T.'45 p.m.) '- Shanghai, September 3. '•reports froni Tokio state that the ijjftp^Kal;; Theatre, Imperial Univei*siiyj.' aft! other important' buildings were"demolished, and that the fire wa& fiagittg. ,: -' r ; Acorrespondent of the newspaper N , Osaka Mainichi; reports that terrible earth' .shocks blurred in Tokio, and were repeated over '■' ten times. All the buildings Were* either completely or jJartMly destroyed. The people fledto" 1 the open spaces. The shocks .continuedintermittently from mom-; injj till sundown. Fires broke out by, a, strong breeze were soon beyond control. He estimates that 200,000 houses were reduced tq ashes. iWhen he left Tokio , on Sunday evening the fire wb still raging. The casualties could not be estimated. Steamers were being sent jfrpm olher ports laden with food and other necessities for the relief of the s distressed people. , A 1 wireless message reports lihat 200,000' people in Yokohama • were homjtllei&V" awd foodless, thousands taking 1 "refuge on the steamers. ' A seWduaconflagration wag raging ~.in Tfokbsuta/where the naval buildings and hospitals Were burned. Medical- assistance"was being organ-" ised ; as-rapidly as possible. Aero*plane 'squadrons were being utilised inf ihd rescue work: The Prince Regent is safe, though he haid a nartoV "escape. ' \