People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1894 — DISASTROUS STORM. [ARTICLE]

DISASTROUS STORM.

Over 300 Persons Drowned and 15,000 Houses Destroyed in Japan. San Francisco, Sept. 26.—The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro which arrived Monday morning brings news of a destructive storm which raged in the Akita and Iwate prefectures, in Japan, August 25 and 26, and was followed by great floods. Over 800 persons were drowned and more than 15,000 houses were destroyed.