Eight Hundred Houses Destroyed: 4,000 Persons Rendered Homeless Tokyo, Mar. 19.
Karly this morning a fire broke out at Sugamo, a suburb of Tokyo.
It is reported that over 800 houses loave been destroyed and that the fixe is still spreading.
Later.
The latest reports state that the! fire has now been got under control, after destroying about 800 houses, including a firework factory, which exploded, thus aggravating the situation.
Rescue work is being carried out] by troops and others.
About 4,000 persons have been eudeved homeless and there have been some casualties—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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