The Archive · 1926

Village Sunk in a Lake

The village of Tochiocho was particularly affected: This is one of the principal settlements in the re-gon hit and the death toll here one amounts to over 90. The ince has been practically blotted out, a large, dirty-brown lake now holding sway over what a few days ago was a pleasant village. It was built in a valley and was simply overwhelmed by waves of water yien swollen mountain streams left their channels. Other villages region suffered in like man-

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