continuous rains of the done sri enormous accom]
jury to limb. It is, of course, to give a full account of all th damage without personally iuapecting th ire scene, but it is probably not wide of the truth if we riy that th aho Large portions of ground, ha undermined by the rai b in many cases. fal into the gardens of neigh re situated una lower level, Jyruiued them, Amongelthe more important Inud-slips reported at the various Police Stations in the Settlement or ite immediate neighbourhood, we may mention the following:—At Kitagnts, HI houses were destroyed, and four lightly wounded. At Ishikawacho eleven houses were destroyed, three p sous killed, and one severely wounded. The cliffs over-hanging the steep road, better known as Omart-dani, leading up the bill beneath the Italian Consulate, have fallen, and cutiely stopped the traffic, Fourteen houses in Nichome andSanchome, Motomachi, were damaged, but no one was Killed or injured. At Tobemachi, beyond Noge Hill, a landslip destroyed four hous and wounded three p; mother at imatsucho, wear Noge Hill, destroyed houses and injured four whilat.a third, on Noge Hill itself, destroyed five or six houses. On Yatozeka—better known as the Camp Hill—a large portion of the cliff underneath No, 100 fell acrons most blocking the traffic, and completely filling up the carriage entrance to Dr, Wheele's louse, At Kauaga bridge was washod away, and thr red. No doubt, ws repo the outlying static 6 will arrive in wom truction of orups, &e., by the inuns must be enormous,—Japan Herald 2ud July.
Numerous landslips, caused by the heavy rains of the past Uhreo days, are reported as having taken place in this neigh bourhood, vccusioning large amount of damage to property, and in one instance we regret to hear with the loss of four lives. This ocourred just below blue lot No, 24, a portion of which oompoud gai destroyed two houses, kilim girl, and o who had iven way ut it 16 not yet known whether there was any one in them at the time, The bluff ronde appear in m dreadfully dilapidated atate, Some are impassable for cam there are. take place. in the rond opposite to bluff lot No. 66, appenta particularly danger If not attended to, the next shower of might cause the side of the bank to give way, when the consequences would most likely be disastrous, owing to there being several dwellings immediately below.—Gazette, 2ud July.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.