The Archive · 1927

A Pitiable Spectacle

Osaka, Sept, 14, Correspondents of the "Asahi" Jand the "Mainichi," who visited by. facroplane the area "devastated by. the typhoon, have just returned here with photographs showing scenes of refugees watching the dead, streets. covered with water waist-deep and Fhovses and telegraph-poles blown: down by, the storm.

There are numerous signs of the: [damage done to property.

One report estimates the total! damage caused by the typhoon at Yen 20,000,000, including the loss large arcus of reclaimed agricul tural land which are now under sea-water owing to the tidal wave, So far it has been ascertained that 73) persons have been: Killed? or injured—Reuter,

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