Train Trapped in Tunnel by Landslide Hello, Aug. 28 Meavy rains, heralding the approach of a typhoon, yesterday caused heavy damage along the southern coast of Korea, reports reaching here to 10 o'clock last night said. Dam ge to telephone and telegraph nes: impeded the collection of, com: plete data Six persons were killed and seven others injured when a train" was trapped by a landslide in a tunnel between Mazan and Shinshu, west far, dispatches said.
With heavy seas' running in. the Tsushima Straits al the approach of the typhoon, the Fusan-Shimonosck ferry service was suspended last night, About 70 metres of track were also washed away near Shinel station heavy rains. Precipitation in. Kelsho Nanda province totalled 237 millie metres in 24" hours.—Domei, Death Roll Mounts Tokyo, Aug. 31.
The latest tabulation by the Korean (Government to-day placed the number of deaths suffered during the typhoon which swept the Peninsula several days ago at 1.939, Another 1,755, [Persons were reported injured and. 924 missing.
The gale was said to be subsiding to-day, and rivers which overflowed their banks to destroy several villages were reported to be receding. All foreigners In the area are thought to be safe—United Press,
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