Kobe, Sept. 4, 4.10 p.m.
Foreign refugees from Yokohama are arriving in Kobe. They report that over 100 foreign residents of Yokohama have perished. The British and American Consuls are probably dead.—Reuter.
Condon, Sept. 3.
A telegram from Tokio to the Japanese Consul at Liverpool confirms that Yokohama, Ka-sakura and the Yokosuka naval base have been totally destroyed. It adds that eight districts out! of 15 in Tokio area have been partially destroyed. The fires are net yet under contro] in some districts. All the bridges over the River Sumida, which traverse Tokio, were carried away by the tidal flood. The Island of Kashima, 30 miles from Tokio, is in eruption.—Reuter.
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