Intense anxiety is felt over the fate of the inhabitants of the capital but there is no news whatsoever. According to information reaching the Railway Station, all railway lines entering Tokio have been broken within_100 miles of Tokio.
Total interruption of telephone and railway communications indicates the extraordinary severity of the earthquake in Tokio of which so far there is absolutely no news. Later reports show that the earthquake was particularly violent in the districts surrounding Mount Fuji, which is a dormant volcano. A wireless message from a ship anchoring at Yokohama reports that the town is on fire.
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