People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — HUNDREDS KILLED. [ARTICLE]

HUNDREDS KILLED.

Destructive Storm Sweeps Overthe Southern Part of Japan. San Francisco, Nov. 15» —Advices from Yokohama state that a severe storm swept over the southern part of Japan, beginning October .8 and lasting several days. In Okayama where the flood wrought the most destruction 141 persons are known to have perished and 100 more arc missing. Thirteen hundred and forty-six houses were washed away, bridges were destroyed and a great number of horses and cattle killed. From other points 448 persons are reported killed, 475 ships and boats wrecked and great damage done to farming lands. Multitudes are receiving aid from the local government.