Osaka, Sept. 9.
{t has now been established that the major portion of Tokio's fatalities occurred at one place, namely, the Military Clothing Depét at Honjo Ward, where over 30,000 perished This report so far had not been credited though it had been reliably reported more than once. However, the actual circumstances leading to the terrible tragedy are now for the first time described by a young man, Mr. Kawashima, who miraculously saved his life and reached Osaka to-day. His story is as follows:—"On Saturday, after the first shock, I ran for my life,.together with thousands who rushed to take refuge in the great open space of the Military Cloths Depét_which was over ten acres enclosed by brick walls. On reaching there I found tens of thousands of people - already
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