TERRIFIC STORM
(Press. Assn. —
-By Telegraph — Copyrlght).
Rec. July 3, 7.30 p.m. TOKIO, Saturday. A destructive storm, accompanjed by torrential rainfall, which is now sweeping Japan, has reached Tokio, and the low-iying areas are flooded. Reports from the country say that there is a heavy death roll. Thirty were drowned at Miki through an emhankment collapsing. Six thousand houses were submerged at Kawauchi and 2000 at Kochi. Bridges v/ere carried away and railways and other communications disrupted. It is f eared that the damage will reach several figures.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 266, 4 July 1932, Page 5
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