Two persons were burned to death early yesterday afternoon when a fire completely destroyed the premises of a watch shop at 165 Rue F. Kraetzer and caused considerable damage to three adjoining buildings.
The alarm was first received at.L06 p.m. and the corpses of the victims were discovered shortly after the fire was under control at about 2 pin.
Sapporo, May 12.
Twenty-five persons were killed or injured in a forest fire which swept through the village of Esashi on the north-eastern coast of Hokkaido yesterday, reports reaching here today said.
Fanned by a strong wind, the fames reduced the village to ashes, it was reported. At least 420 buildings, including the railway station, post office and other public buildings, were levelled. Damage was placed at Y.5,000,000.
The fire devastated a region of 25 square miles before it was brought under control after raging unchecked for five hours.—Domei.
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