Show 1 FLOODS SWEEP JAPAN IN ONE DISTRICT THOUSANDS OF HOUSES ABE DESTROYED Over One Hundred Pishing Schooners and Oher Craft Sunk During Storm Many Lifes Lost Tacoma Wash Jan 23 Official reports I re-ports Just completed glvo details of terrible Inundations I which destroyed property valued at over 6000000 yen In Hokkaido province northern Japan In December Thirtyfive towns In the district of Ishlkarl were devastated Since September no less than 17ASS houses have been submerged or washed away In Hokkaido alone while the total to-tal damage is placed at OOOOQO yen Complete returns show that about 100 flfihlnET schooners and other craft were cTestroyed or sunk during the sovere storm which swept < r the Japanese coast December L3rd Lu 2oth The to tul s number of lives Josl Is placed at 1SU |