The continuance of the downpour is causing a flood and the inundation of a large area of Western Japan.
The Nagato bridge over the Shinyodo river at Osaka gave way to-day owing to the increased water and pedestrians and a horse-drawn wagon fell into the river.
The flood in the Hiroshima and Fukuoka prefectures is reported to be serious. Thousands of houses are inundated.
Thirty-five persons are reported to have been buried ina Inndslide the prefecture of
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