The following is from the "Japan Gazette ":—The famous ancient temple known as Base-ders, at Base-mura, in sto Province, near Kyoto, was destroyed by fire on the evening of the 12th instant. The fire, which was accidental, started in a kitchen in the compound, at about half-past seven o'clock and continued antu midnight, the efforts of the local fire brigade to subdue the flames being futile, The Joss is estimated at one hundred million yen. The letters exchanged between the crown loyalist warrior, Kasonoki Masasbige, and Nitta Yo-shimada several centuries ago, and many other treasures which cannot be replaced have been destroyed. It is believed that the outbreak was duc to a defective lamp ased in the temple,
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