Previous Destructive Storm; Tidal Wave Expected isle MIN sal Tokyo, Sept. 5.
ALLOWING warnings to the populace by the Central Meteorological Observatory, another severe typhoon str Japan today, veering north and rolling into the Japan Sea, and from there across Central Japan.
The typhoon struck Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto on its way across Japan, wreaking much havoc round Kobe, At 9.10 a.m. today, the Central Meteorological Observatory warned Japan by radio against the imminent typhoon, which, it was feared, would be stronger than the one which recently struck Tokyo. The Observatory also issued a warning against a possible tidal wave in the wake of the typhoon.
By 10 am., the typhoon was nearing north north-east, and had reached a point 134 deg. 40 min. east and 33 north travelling at a speed of 40 kilometres an hour.
Shipping and ferry services were cancelled.
The newly-built Goyo Maru (9,000 tons) was damaged by the typhoon, drifting about helplessly after her mooring ropes had snapped asunder.
Trees have been uprooted and hoardings, roof-tops and signboards blown down, All the air services to and from Osaka and Kobe have been suspended, while shipping in the neighbourhood is paralyzed.
All schools in Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto and other centres in the path of the typhoon have been closed as a precautionary measure.—Reuter.
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