| L'Oeuvre 16 janvier 1924 |
| An earthquake devastates the Tokyo region again A new earthquake has just hit the Tokyo and Yoko regions. hama, which was devastated by the earthquake of September 1st. The earthquake occurred yesterday morning at 5 a.m. 55. Its intensity was fortunately half as much as in September. However, around fifty people were killed and quite a few injured. No foreigners were killed or injured. According to other telegrams, there were six killed and almost 200 injured in Yokohama, where 600 houses were destroyed. There are reports of fires in the northern part of Tokyo, telegraph communications have been interrupted and rail traffic suspended on main lines. A train was reportedly thrown into a river and six other trains were thrown off the tracks. |
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