Osaka, Sept. 2.
The only source of information at present is wireless messages from ships at Yokohama. Al] the reports indicate that the catastrophe has been most terrible.
The Governor of Yokohama has sent a wireless message from the Korea Maru, anchoring in Yokohama Harbour, addressed to the. Governors of Osaka and Kobe, which reads as follows: '"Yokohama is being devastated by earthquake and fire. The casualties number 10,000. All means of communication have been destroyed. There is no food and no water. Please immediately despatch relief."'
Another wireless message says that the principal buildings in Yokohama have been gutted.
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