AMERICAN ITEMS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. WARSHIPS DRIVEN ASHORE. NFAY YORK, September 3. Japanese advices state that many warships are strewn along the shore in the vicinity of Yokohama, being driven from their anchorage by the tidal wave. The majority of the large steamers escaped by standing out to sea before the worst came.
Much plundering and looting is reported in the stricken district. It is reported that eight- thousand people weie burned alive in the military compound at Hotijo, where t-ncy were taking refuge after the earthquake. In other places, owing to the destruction of bridges and canals, provein.ng escape, thousands of people were trapped in the blazing areas, and perished. Many leaped into the
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1923, Page 2
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117AMERICAN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1923, Page 2
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