Show HIS LOWS nial disastrous floods ravage japan over six hundred lives being lost in one town 4 s fra I 1 I 1 bamboo houses were swept away by the raging waters and the helpless people drowned L ke rats in a trap victoria B C advices of a ter disaster due to the great prevailing in japan have been re calved the overflow of the river running through the town of near kyoto caused the loss of more than lives in this river the water rose more than fifty feet 50 and swept over the whole town of fukuchi ama drowning oer oner inhabitants and sweeping adv ariy ay iy a large number of the trail frail bamboo and thatch houses ot of the japanese townspeople the barracks of the twentieth regi ment and tenth engineers battalion situated on heights near the town es damage when the town was overwhelmed and the troops were hurried out to render what assistance could be given to the survivors and to rescue drou drowning ning people the lation of the town was over 12 people hurriedly fifty or more sailing junks were secured and to the scene being sailed over what was as formerly a thickly settled town soldiers manning the junks saving large numbers the pol ce have rs recovered bod es and others are be lieveld to have been lost the water subsided next morning august and great dabige wa was s ren repealed baled one half of the town was entirely swept away and the remaina er had large numbers of collapsed buildings the whole town was destroyed the scene being ter beyond comparison general ku rol I 1 and governor of kyoto fu were nere in the city the former being en in inspecting the troop andis and is said to have narrowly escaped the danger |