The Archive · 1938

Eye-Witness Story

A correspondent writes:—I started out at nine Tuesday morning by train for Motomachi Station. When we got to Kobe we were told the tram would not go on. When we all got down stairs, we found the road flooded. Tried to get back to Shioya, no trains—about 11.30 a train left for Suma so we got back so far, and found the Suma water almost up to the Station, A lot of us started to walk for Shioya on the railway tracks, and got as far as Ichino-tani, but found it impossible to get any further.

Suma, by the park has all gone—it's a terrible sight. There are no tram (Continued on page 6)

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