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Show rarthijuakes la Japan. HV The new palace of the crown prince aaaR of Japan will be built ot 3,000 ton of Hk American structural Iron, and will SSBM cost more than $3,000,000 This I an Mt: 1 Innovation, for Japanese dwelling!, a flRSn a rule, are ot one story, because ot tiff li earthquake Tbey have heavy tile Wf roots, no cellars, no chimneys, paper . ?y ll partitions, paper windows, and sliding 'IRIW panel or paper colored screen for OfcVV doors. The new palace I to withstand ISn' earthquakes, which are ot frequent oc- mXh currence In the Islands Eight year Sfil ago an earthquake In Japan destroyed -KmI (0,000 house and killed 4,000 people The most severe Japanese seismic dls-' iVnB turbance wai at Yeddo In 1703, when MB 200,000 persons perished 3 |