Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1891 — EARTHQUAKED. [ARTICLE]

EARTHQUAKED.

Three Thousand Lives Lost by an Upheaval in Japan. Entire Towns of Nagoya, Gifu, and Ogakl I-aid in Ruins—Number of Europeans Perished—Meagre Details. Dispatches received at London on the 3tst from Iliogan, Japan, say that the t rrible earthquake, which occurred in that country on Wednesday last destroyed tht towns of Nagoya, fxlTu and Ogaki. All the public buildings and most ofthe smaller struct tires in these places w ere thrown down. A fire, which, started among ths wrecked buildings- in- Nagoya, completed t he Work of destruction in the most crowded quarter of the place. It is estimated that the total number of persons who lost their lives by the disaster exceeded three thousand. Many vessels arc reported to have been wrecked in the vicinity ol II logo, and during the seismic disturbance’ the waters in the lakes in the surrounding country were violently agitated. A few portions of Niphon island escaped tha earthquake^and Kobe suffered compara-tiveiy-UUte ttamage. y-—-<■ u - The number of Europeans who lost theft lives by the terrible visitation is small. r Ehe various-wagon roads arc blockaded by the immense heaps of debris. Traffic on the different railroads is suspended, and all the telegraphlJjpes_jare- entirely pros(■rated, thus shutting off almost all communication with the devastated placesIn consequence full details of the awful catastrophe cannot be learned for several days! to come.