Show Victims of Elemental Forces Tokyo Japan Japan is peculiarly the victim of elementary forces The country contains 61 active volcanoes and has an average of about 600 earthquake earth-quake shocks yearly As for fires it used to bo estimated that a city like Osaka was rebuilt once In ten years owing to this cause alone It was no uncommon thing for three or foam acres of the lath and plaster bongos I to be wiped out In an hour or two after the overturning ot a kerosene lamp A sturdier style of building and a moro efficient fire brigade has made Insurance in Japan possible but floods kind earthquakes still take a heavy toW I I of life and property |