Tokyo, Apr. 24. The death-roll os a result of the earthquake which rocked Formosa on Sunday is. still mounting.
According to the final figures issued by the authorities to-day, the eatnstrophe was responsible, apart from six missing, for nearly 14,000 casual-Hes, made up of:
There are rear hopes that arrangements will be come to by which the Moscow rains will be permitted to run through to Harbin without the necessity. of changing carriages the frontier, and as the Dairen trains will run through to Harbin, this city WIN Become the centre of intern tional trame. At the present moment the trains are running in perfect order but foreign passengers are considerably annoyed at finding thei berths occupied on many occasion bj passengers who have not the right to the first class reserved compartment. 'There is no reserved system on the South Manchurian Railway and thus Tapanese passengers cannot under Sand why' the foreign booked pas-Sengers request them to vacate Berths booked by them in through Asia-Europe traffic. No doubt this will be put right in time but at pres ausing much unpleasant-Ress at Harbin station on the days when the European going passengers take their' seats.
The extent of.the damage done to buildings is revealed in the following 15202... houses destroyed IS46T..shouses partisily destroyed a6... houses damaged.
The Admirsity announce that the two" destroyers, Shimakaze and Yukaze, have arrived in the earthqunike sirieken area on the west coast Formosa and that marines are now engaged in relief work.
Three more destroyers, it adds, are being despatched to Formosa for the same purpose—Reuter.
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