3.30° pum, The island of Oshima off the Idzu Peninsula has disappeared.
The first photographs of the Tokio disasters have arrived iw' Osaka to the " Asahi,".which' issued an extra edition, These photographs depict the terrible destruction and the destitute refugees. One picture shows Tokio Observatory standing amid smoke and debris, the big clock outside having stopped at 11.58.
A member of the staff of the Tokio "Asahi? walked and motored half-way, and finally! arrived in Osaka by rail. His observations en route indicatd that the damage done by. the earthquake outside Tokio and Yokohama is also most terrible. He relates a pathetic incident of an old woman who emerged! from a shattered house, and, rushing up, inquired with the greatest anxiety: What has be-
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