Locally, the Japan Chapter of the Red Cross—by the way the only foreign Chapter still existence and which is shortly to be wound up—was on the spot immediately and set to work to relieve the distressed, Japanese relief agencies were also promptly spot, and by the time the flames had been conquered, everyone of the sufferers had n warm lami a haven of safety in which to sleep. The fire broke out in the afternoon and was brought under control a little after eight the same evening. The entire suburb was reduced to ashes, and. preterited a scene only to0 fumilier to Tokyo people who saw' the aftermath of the cruel earthquake of September, 1923, Tokyo holds the world's record for frequency and intensity of fires. The construction and congestion of dwellings here is undoubtedly a strong inducement for a small outbreak to become a vast conflagration, but there are other factors—astonishing when one sees all around patent proofs of the rapid manner in which Japan has adopted modern scientific methods for the service of the people—which also tend to swell the losses fire here causes,
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