Show JAPANESE FIGHT BIG FIRE Twenty Thousand Buildings Go Up In Smoke and Thousands Are Desolate Osaka Japan Confusion still prevails pre-vails here as n result of Saturdays disastrous fire Thousands of persons are homeless and facing hunger A system of relief has been organized organ-ized by the municipal authorities but It Is inadequate to supply all needs Outside cities and towns are generously gener-ously sending In contributions to be used In alleviating distress of the homeless and destitute The number of casualties has not yet been determined but hundreds of I Injured are crowding this place I < The latest estimates are that 20000 i buildings were dtstroyedr The conflagration lasted more than twentyfive hours In the burned section sec-tion streets are narrow and houses wore mostly of wood Property of people who were able to save anything from their burning homes Is I piled in great heaps along the railroad tracks from Osaka to Kobe where it was removed on Sunday Sun-day An area moro than four miles square containing some of the citys handsomest structures including the Buddhist temple tho largest In the world was entirely burned over before be-fore the fire was brought under control I con-trol |