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Show I.HI ITS OF Till! f.Vltllltil'Akr. IN J I PAX. I'Koy. IIouack ltuiuat, of lluflslo, was lu Japan at the llmu of the great earthquake. Hn lately arrived In Kan Franclrco, on it visit, and related tomo of his observations and experience to a lVronfc' reporter. Here It an extract from the account of tho Interview: "I was at Yokohama at tbo t'uie " s-dd rrofoMor Ilrlggt. "It was ntiout five o'clock on tbo morning of (Klolxr lh. when I wtt asrskanoit by a tlnleutiisell-lttlonofiny tlnleutiisell-lttlonofiny bail, Inannm Inthn (Irand Hotel. Tim shock Wat at first ef a gentle, waring character, but In a few seconds ft bad changed to a reguUr Jolt, which actually threw me mil of bed. Tbo ahork wat continued about forty-live aeconda, an 1 wat the aeverett I et cr experienced. Tearing that ovsry moment wuuld bo my last, I ruthed from my room down the atalrs, meeting dossnt of guests at fright cued at inytelr. II It unuscnttary lo say thst none of tit stopped in our rooms to make an extensive toilet." "What wat the damage lulllcled In Yokohama" Yo-kohama" It a at very alljlit, I am happy to sajt, lleiond the overthrow of numberless elilinnoya, tbo tracking of walls, etc., tlure wat little datmge. Yokohama It 1') miles rrom Na:oya atnl lilfii, the cen ter nf tho iltaurbuioe, and It managed to escape appreciable harm." "UI.1 vou visit N'saova Ivlfil?" 'I wat lu Kagoja Iwooly-lwo hours bsforo tho aliake. but hearlog all sorts of rumors regarding Hieeirtliquako 1 deter inlii-.! to t Mil the province again and ace for mjraolf the otfectt of Hie shrxk. I went bi Nasoya on tho follnwtug djy, and the sights which I witnessed nuipl reld me for Hie trip. I nerer Ipohehl surh a aoone of devastation. It wut lu dosciibablr frightful. .vorynhero Isy the rsmtunts of dwelllugt literally ahakon Into kindling wood, from which protruded llio llmbi or the dind In everr a'ale of mutilation. People Mucked from all dlreittont to render BftltUnee, and tho suffu ring and sorrow liiiinllcsted on all alditi weroextremsly painful. I saw men looking fur their wires, children for their turentt and sMora fur thetr bruthort, and u lisu a aeareh of aome mint revealeil tholr shattered shat-tered remains shrlektof angulth rout the air. Inlherulntoflhe potlomceat N'l-goja, N'l-goja, whlih wat theonly brkk building In llio town, twenty iwttal clerks were burled. The unhappy inon wcroaatort-Ing wcroaatort-Ing tho morning mtd when tho building lufiplod ovor upon them nnd burled ttfjin from sight. Not a slnglo one is capedaltte." "Pnifettnr ltrlggs went to Klfu, but tho railroad beds hal Uu so badly wrecked that travel beyond watliiiios-slble. watliiiios-slble. !iuuioil,o orovlcce fiom whlih hot mud and steam eeenpa-t were to bo seen lu all dlroi tlons. During bis stsy there an unhappy Japanese, who had lost hit wlfo In one ot theso crevices, went lu search of her, and while standing on the edge ot the fissure tho wall crumbled Iwneath him and precipitated pre-cipitated him Into tho unknown depths beneath. All of lheo crevlcot along tho roads have alnce Iwen tirl Igod, but tho danger from thorn ts little lettcno I. "llio most wonderful result of tho carthquske," oontluiiod P rofessor Ilrlggt "was tho diopplng off of tbo saircd mountain ot 1'njlyaml. A slice luiO fuel wllo, oontalutngaovorat liilllluu tuna of tartb, was shakou off. Hut eral mountains moun-tains lost a tiortlon of their low, while others sank down several feet. Many dcprgsalona In the earth, caused by the ehock, ara to lio seen about agoya. Tlio bridges everywhere look like serpeuls, so t Itled wore they, and they are now practludly uteless. I think this earthquake earth-quake will ho known as one of Ibe mint violent that occurred during the Cbrls llauere." , |