JAPANESE DISASTER.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1923, Page 3

JAPANESE DISASTER.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N’.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION*

RECONSTRUCTION OF TOKIO

(Received this day at. 9. Id a.nr.)

TOKIO. Sept. It

It i- estimated tlint reconstruction work in Tokio and Yokohama will mst five billion dollars. This will he raised internally by a Japanese banking syndicate. Tbe Government' has agreed to devote nil its surplus funds to this purpose. preferring to avoid foreign loans if possible. The Government has completed a plan for feeding and housing the refugees and it is now concentrating its efforts upon a reconstruction campaign.

A PPA 1.1.1NG CON DITIONS

TOKIO, Sept. 13.

For the first time since the first of SepteniikT the city passed through night free from earthquake shocks, of which over one thousand have been felt through the week, some of them being severe enough to bring the tear of fresh destruction. The weather remains fine, enabling expedition in the erection ol temporary shelters. At Yokohama the situation is appalling. Thousands are camped in the parks with scant quantities of food and water. Three days wen- needed to cremate the bodies taken from the-Suniida river. which traverses Tokio. Hundreds of bodies are still floating in rivers and ‘ The relief steamer Shinmiuaho. has sailed from Shanghai with Chinese American and British physiearis and nurses.

TALK OF HEROISM

TOKIO. Sept. 13

Refugees reaching Osaka _ related a tale of the heroism of Mr. !. M. La - fin and his son, of Yokohama. W fide the disaster was at its height, with death lurking in every street, lane and pathway. Mr .I.alSin obtained a. launch and lie’worked tirelessly in transporting hundreds of people from the Hauling waterfront, through a fiery sea, to the safety of the ships.