Washington County News | 1898-10-08 | Page 2 | Storms in Japan

STORMS IN JAPAN. Two Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost and Much Troperty Destroyed. San Francisco, Sept. 30. The Steamer Steam-er Gaelic, from China, and Japan, brings news of a terrific storm which swept over Japan on Sept. 6, which before it blew itself out, almost reached typhoon proportions. The blow did a great deal of damage to shipping, several sev-eral vessels dragging their anchors and being blown into collision, and one 4 . or two small vessels were blown ashore. A summary of the loss of life and property prop-erty follows: Deaths, 250; houses swept away, 104-bouses 104-bouses overthrown, i.io.v, partially wrecked, 1,400; houses inundated, 15 -57,; river banks broken, 78.