| Show HIG PRE IN JAPAN CAUSES HEAVY twenty thousand buildings G go pup up in and thousands are desolate csalfa a japan 7 confusion stilt prevails vali herg here as ia a r result esi of SaOr saturday days dis disastrous fire thousands thousand of 0 persons are homeless and facing hunger A cyst system em of relief has been organized by the municipal authorities but it Is inadequate to supply all needs outside cities and bowns are generously sending in contributions to be used in alleviating distress of the homeless and destitute the number of casualties li has as not yet been determined but hundreds ot of injured are crowding this place the latest estimates are that thai buildings were destroyed the conflagration lasted more than twenty five hours in the burned section streets are narrow and houses were mostly of wood property of people who were able to lo save anything from their burning homes is piled in great heaps along the he railroad tracks from osaka to kobe cobe where it was removed on S sunday an area more than four miles square containing some of the cites handsomest structures including the buddhist temple the largest in the world was entirely burned over before the fire was brought under control t |
