JAPANESE TYPHOON
TRAIL OF DEVASTATION RICE FIELDS DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS. Press Association—liy Telegraph—Copy right. TOR 10, September 11. (Received September 15, at 10 a.m.) Official reports from various prefeetural headquarters throughout the eastern section of the island oFKiusJiiu tell a talc of devastation of tho coast villages from typhoon, tidal waves, ami Hoods. The damage to the rice fields from Nagasaki to Tokiu has already scut tho rice market soaring.
Almost all communication was interrupted all night, but the Government wires are now beginning to work, bringing dependable reports which lead to tlio conclusion that tlio first reports of loss of life were considerably exaggerated.
The typhoon, with torrential rains, lias now reached Yokohama and Tokio along the south-eastern coast. Swollen rivers aro flooding thousands of acres of rice fields, where the crops wero already ripening. The entire toll of life and casualties cannot bo estimated, but at present several thousands of people aro missing and tens of thousands homeless. The damage is enormous. Hundreds of fishing boats aro missing.
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Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 5
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172JAPANESE TYPHOON Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 5
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