HAKODATE DEATH ROLL
APPROACHING 2000
ALTAR OF HUMAN ASHES
' ~" TOEIO, March *27. The Hakodate death iroll approaches 2000. Fresh bodies, are continually being recovered-from, the, ruins .-and the sea. A rdramatje and solemn spectaclo is presented by priests chanting and burning incense at iin outdoor altar Heaped up with human ■ ashes; The scenes resemble those, during- the 1923 earthquake. . .
Meanwhile reconstruction, has begun amid numberless temporary shelters. The various relief funds are approximating 600,000 yen. . '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1934, Page 11
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75HAKODATE DEATH ROLL Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1934, Page 11
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