Little can be added to the brief announcement of the earthquakes and volcanic disturbances in Japan already contained in the telegrams, for the papers to hand contain as yet few of the more striking details which are to be expected at such a time. Perhaps the most interesting point mentioned is the view of Professor Omori, the noted seismologist, who has gone to make a personal investigation of the earthquake area, that no specially destructive upheaval will take {place. The probability appears to be that shocks similar to these recent Ones may occur for several weeks to come, for the reason that they are volcanic in nature, hence, presumably precluding the possibility above mentioned. Nor does he believe that Mount Unzen, the volcano whose roaring at the beginning of the week was so terrifying to Nagasaki, will erupt suddenly, but rather it may start a flow of lava possibly continuing over a couple of months. The fact thay up to the present no further news of volcanic activity has been received from Nagasaki is a hopeful sign that this view, is the right one, but if these shocks are to be in evidence for so long.a time to come, the position of the inhabitants will be anything but a happy one. Already in Kiushiu 23 people have been killed and 22 injured and a great number of houses have collapsed, while a landslide has threatened the reservoirs holding Nagasaki's water supply. With such events occurring on every kand those living in these districts must feel their lot to be precarious in the extreme.
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