'The total number of killed and injured in the quake. the Overseas Minister' told his colleagues, reached 13,538, with the number of demolished houses reaching 38,000, according to an oficial estimate issued at 8 p.m. fon April 22.
Japanese houses, Count Kodama continued, withstood the seismic shock better than the native buildings, which are largely made of mud bricks. "The seve.ity of the shock, which exceeded that of the quakes of 1862, 1904 and the two quakes in 6 responsible for most. of At least 70 per cent. of the sufferers had already been given medical attention, Count Kodama said, with efforts being made to restore communications to permit assistance to the remaining vietims—Rengo.
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