Show reports Ite ports from the island 0 of yeso indicate that the japanese province has been subjected to such a tidal wave dav L as overwhelmed lisbon in 1755 ten thousand japanese are reported to I 1 have 1 I ve been drowned after a terrible earthquake which gme rise to a baoy of invading water nater for twenty hours natives were vere terror stricken by a fieri es of disturbances then the sea hea swept 11 IL upon the fisher folk living on its low lying 1 I shores there Is only COU conjecture Jecture as to vile this icat active wave in japan as it was at lisbon the first shock destroyed as jo ho houses aises bury ing persons in the rullis ruins A minute later an immense wave forty feet in ill height swept in from the sea drowning in thousands of those who hall had ought bought refuge on the quays yc yeso 0 o Is peculiarly subject to loss of life from such a phenomenon as a tidal wave the island Deal neatly lyaS aa large as Is ireland Is a trackless forest for the most part aside from the heavy growth of timber vines and creepers wake make of the interior an almost impenetrable jungle the chier chief industry of the island 18 13 the salmon fisher leq and this occue occupation dilou corn compels the natives to dwell along the low coast lines |