HAVOC IN JAPAN
CAUSED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION. EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF CROPS. ißy Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) TOKIO, September 11. The Domei news agency reports that residents on the slopes of Mount Asodake have hardly seen the sun since August 24. The volcano has been almost constantly belching ashes following a 53-year-period of dormancy. The people carry raised umbrellas as a protection. The crops of 13 villages have been destroyed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1940, Page 5
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68HAVOC IN JAPAN Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1940, Page 5
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