The Archive · 1902

The Typhoon at Tokio

Striking Incidents, Disaster on a in-ge sale ae race of the typhoon over of last math, In the Koi of Lokio the large Indiancircus was destroyed, an! the wild animals were left without cover to the wind and rain. The walls of the Kajibashi- prison and a number of public buildings were swept down and several people were more or less injury In Honjo the 72 feet of chimney of the Hiraoka Iron Works fell and smashed the workshops and surrounding structures. 2,000 houses worm flooded by th" overflowing of a rivulet, telegraph an-t tele-hone wires were cut t+ pieces, and houses: lattened to the earth. One ship was sunk and another one missed. A newly built bonrd.ng house in front of the Wasedu University was blown to pieces, and two students residing there were seriously injure!. In this ward 550 houses were flooded, 5 destroyed, and 171 trees uprested. The Jiso temple: a Kyobashi was swept away, and the old couple living in the building were buried in the debris, bat not killed.

wonderful thing happened in the Nuh-mbushi district. A woman was walking along the Hamicho shore of the Sumidy river when "no less a missile than a house flew "gainst her, and naturally caused her to faint." In' this district also houses, trees, "ud other objects suffered s-yerely fromthe effect of the typ!:00".

Whree vessels, near bridge, used ax permanent habitations by the families of Sailors were in great danger, and one of them sank, but the occupants were saved,

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