Sept. 6, 1.05 p.m.
The steamer London Maru, with 840 refugees from Yokohama on board, has arrived at Osaka.
According to an officer of the ship, the London Maru was about to sail when the first shock was felt. Then in a few minutes the peaceful town was changed to a hell. The London Maru did all that was possible to save the living. Especially terrible were the explosions of oil-tanks, which sounded as though the earth itself had. split.—Reuter.
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