Yokohama was visited by a heavy storm of wind and rain which raged with the force of a typhoon. Beginning at 7 a.m, on August 31, it abated about 4 p.m. on the following day. Several small tidal waves on the coast swept the towns of Kodzu, Odawara and Enoshima, where more or less damage resulted. At Odawara a number of houses were flooded and between Ninomiya and Kodzu the road was damaged by the sea, In the low-lying parts of Tokio a number of houses were also flooded, In Yokohama the shipping was affected. The Tenyo Maru had to postpone her departure from 3 p.m. on August 31 until the following day at noon, The Buyo Maru was detained outside the breakwater owing to the medical authorities being unable to board her on account of the heavy seas. The Yokohama Maru had to lie to at Shimidzu for a day and the Wa-{kanoara Maru, with a broken pro peller, and in tow of the Miike Maru also had to shelter at Shimidzu.
In the Yokohama harbour the local yachtsmen had some exciting experiences, A race for the cruising class of yachts had to be "called \off," after a start had been made, by a squall striking one of yachts—Viven—broadside on sinking her. The four occupants, Jhowever, were promptly saved by the other craft in the immediate vii In all four of the yachting feraft and a Club sampan were sunk.
Odawara and vicinity suffered most from the storm. At Odawara fifty houses were washed away and over 300 were flooded, rendering about 500 people homeless, but the authorities kept them supplied with dd. Telophonic, telegraphic and vay services were disturbed in Goo gle Original from
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