| Show 2064 ARE DEAD IN JAPANESE TYPHOON injured li hn worst disaster since 1923 eartha earthquake aake A china sea typhoon tearing its way avay across central and ami west ern japan at two miles ft a minute laid waste a large lare section ot of the richest ric liest industrial area leaving death awl destruction in its wake pandemonium randen and panic of the wildest type followed the disaster as it appeared appe Efred for or hours flours as if the entire section within the range of the storm was doomed to destruction osaka the second largest city in the empire with a tinn of 0 2 millions reported the heaviest casualties iNea rhy kyoto the islands capital also suffered severely as did many other prosperous cities in the path of the unleashed fury ithee tidal waves hurled thousands of tons of water over the land dig communication and deral de linz or overturning several trains if it is reported that in osaka alone I 1 schools collapsed burying teachers and pupils the most pitiful sights occurred as keepin mothers lind and grief stricken en fathers searched the ruins in hope of finding their children in many instances the little bodies were so BO crushed and mangled that identification was almost hospitals and Insa neasy alums lums were inundated or destroyed electra plants and water lines were put out ot of commission leaving entire I 1 cities without lights or water thousands of small craft were either sunk or hurled on the shore troops were immediately rushed to the he stricken area to hundreds of thousands lett left without homes nearly buildings were destroy ed and the total property loss will run into a hundred million dollars in what Is called the nations worst dig uster lister since the great earthquake of 1023 |
