Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1912 — STORM SWEEPS JAPAN [ARTICLE]

STORM SWEEPS JAPAN

TYPHOON CAUSES A LOSS OF $20,000,000. Hundreds Are Killed and Thousands Homeless—Great Damage Dons to Many Cities. Tokyo, Sept. 27. —Hundreds are dead, tens of thousand are homeless and $20,060,000 worth of property has beet destroyed as a result of the terrific typhoon which swept Japan from end to end on Sunday last. Wires have been swept down, cities Isolated and communication by rail and road interrupted, so that news of the casualties is just beginning to :oine in.

The storm, which was the worst in naif a century, did the greatest damage to the cities of Xagoya, Qsaka and Xara on Hondo island and in Gifu. A tidal wave demolished the harbor at Xagoya while wind and rain and lightning worked havoc on shore. Three steamers were sunk at their anchorage and it is believed all m board perished, while Wmny other boats were driven on shore. In the tity of Xagoya every house was damaged and a large number destroyed. The Kiocho Maru. a large steamer, foundered off Ennshu and both passengers and crew were lost At Gifu the known dead total 262, with 283 injured. V ~ ■ V - All breakwaters and harbor wharves were washed away at Osaka and 20,*OO houses destroyed by high seas and terrific wi&ds. Crops throughout the island are ruined.