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THE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN A SHANGHAI RESIDENT'S TRAGIO

· DEATH.

Mr. M. D. Morley, Mr. Robert McCor mick, Mr. A. E nudeli, Mrk Edith Mandell Mr. and Mrs. 31. 1. MeCarthy, Mrs. S. R. Kerr, who with her youngers. Mrs. Anna M. Mallory. My and Master M. McCarthy, Jr., Mr. J. W. baly uti, sister Muriel were in Daushi Mrs. E. C. Middleton, Alisa Agatha Mar at the time of the earthquake, arrived in tin, A. and Mrs. A. D. Milwine and Shanghai by the Pižgala, She was infant. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. McCorkle, accompanied by her brother Mr. II, L. Mrs. G. J. McCloy, Miss M. McCloy, Mr. B. Masugama, Mr. J. W. Moore, Joe

A

CHAPTER OF MISFORTUNES.

“AMUSING ACCIDENT ON THE PRAYA.

THE FIRE IN TOKYO. · LETTER FROM A RESIDENT.".

Toro, September 3ed.. Tokyo is a city of the" past and it may take decades to rise fram its nahes to its former prosperity and importance, All | Fardell, juur.), who had, hurried to Japan Miller, Mr. C. E. Miller. Mr. and Mrs yesterday evening, at the bend whère"they

Kanda, Nihonbashi-ku, Kyobashisku, mest Sitapa, Houjo, Fukagawa, Shibaku no

But

on receipt of the news" of the great

alamity.

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Ogaricoff, Prince Valeri Ouvosoff, Princess

Mrs. F. Ogarkuff, Misses at Olga Ourosoft.

Mrs. Anna Preston, Miss Lath Pole lard, Mr. Chas. Potter: Mr. and Mrs. Goo B. Pierce, Mr. Y. Ptitzen, Mr. F. Pritzen.

Aromarkable series of evidents öpen red at the Western end of the Penya"

J. M. B. Median, Master Medina, M. trans first touch the seafront after leave and Mrs. M. McAllister, Mr. Sing the West Point locality. A cal wis

Mr. R. Mr. F. M.: all the lower part of Kojimachiku and the moving story of the death of Mrs Manu Masinot. Men ales coming round the carve in un ensterly

A coelis was standing clear. arighbouring parts of Bongo, Koishikawa Kerr's father, . . . Fardell, who neff, Mr. and Mrs. B. McCleary, Miss La direction. and Ushigome is one vast field of smoking.

of the line by ahont six feet, and alunt was Language Master, for six years at McCleary, Master Dick MeCleary, :

Mrs. G. S. Niven and infant, Mr. R. muldering rutas almost evenly from four shanghai Public School, was told to n

a couple of feet from the edge of the sen Naiman to five feet high with only here and there

Siorayhai Mercury representative, Mr a recanaut of or perhaps the four walls of Bardell, along with his daughter, Mrs.

in an easterly direction, and swerved to wall & motor car also rounded the hand

whole building auding out.

the offsite of the tram-car. The coolie, midst this desolation, some of the latest Rowbottoni, was killed in Yokohama

who provionsly had been staring vacantly, And largest buildings have either escaped when the earthquake struck that ill-fated

into, spare, was startled by the hooting entirely unhurt or are only partly damnity ged, as Tokyo Station, the Kogyo Ginko, at the tim of the earthquake, Mr. Mr. D N. Petry, Mr. and Mrs. L. of the car's hom, anal juuped hack hur the Kaijo Building, Marunouchi huilding Fardell and his daughter were shopping Feehles and daughter, Mr. Ollrich Prriedly. As he jumped he dropped &

haska, Mr. and Mrs. Franc Per. Mr. Hens and some of the other solid buildings in in the main street of Yokohama, and rick Pojerilaki, Miss. M. Pass, Mr. Wil bambou pale he was carrying on to the Marounouchi, but by no menis all parts their car was standing outside Thon liam Petrie, Pow Ming. Puw Min, Master leg of another coolic. The latter was » near Hibiyn. The Imperial Hotel is said son's, the chemists. Mrs. Rowhottom AL. Preston. Mrs. E. Peperoning and three i hurt, "and turned, round giving the fir

children, Mr. and Mrs. Picardo and two to be entirely unhurt, but the Central was inside the shop, and Mr. Fardell children, Afrs. Picardo, Mr. and Mrs. Ji Police Station gud surrounding quarter of waiting in the war. The shop was coun- Quini, Miss E. Quini. streets, and the Impotial These are completely demolished, and the body of Mrs. pletely burnt out. All Gira and Tuiji | Howhotton was never found, the debris are wiped out. Di the Imperial University of the fallen tikding having completely ia Hongo curiously orly all of the covered her, and all who were in the solid centrally situateel buildings are com-shop at the time. Mr Fardell and, his pletely burnt out: the Department of chauffeur were killed while sitting in the Chemistry, Law, Literatures the big car. the wall of the adjacent buildings library, the Institutes of Pharmacology crashing down pois him. A search and B-Chemistry, Physics and others are go, but the building, for Bacteriology, parts, inchaling his son, took two days Anthology Pharmacy, History (or Aka to locate the bundy, which was fated still non) and expecially all the wooden-ball is the car. It is supposed that he met hospitals caped. This afternoon (Mon-

high day when it began to rain, the patients his death by electrocation, as ying under teats on every available grass tension wire was drawn cross his throat plot, were being reinoved and he of the young assistant ductors told me with justi-when the body was discovered. As the fiable pride that a single patient had remains had be lying there for four died during these terrible days

days it was impossible to remove the hody, so a burial service was conducted on the spot. Such was the pathetic end of one of Shanghai's most popular and respected citizens. It is not likely, said Mr. F. L.. Farlell, fur.. that the body of Mrs. Rowbottom will ever be re- covered.

GOVERNMENT DEPARAMENTS DESTROYED.

man a push. This last individunt was standing on one leg only, since he was Mr. C. A Raples. Mr. J. T. S. Reed, still in the mution of stepping backwards, Mr. Gerardo Romero, Mr. and Mrs. J. and the push made hind lose his bulineg D. Rob and three children, Mr. Aaltogether. He was seen to disappear Rodskog, Mr. J. G. Royo, Mr. and Mrs. B. Roberts and two children, Mr. K..oer the Praya, and apparently into the. He did not, however, fall into the jenetsky, Mr. and Mrs. Renkevitch sen. and child. Mr. and Mrs. A. Ropstoff. Mr. water, but was nicky enough to fall into and Mrs. G. Rollini, Miss Olga Bydneik.

the bows of a sampan, hitting, as he did Mr. and Ms. Steinpersky, Mc H. M. Starr. Mr. S. Stern, Mr K. Shimalarn, so, à sampan woman on the shoulder, and Stonebrick, Miss Blojse Stevens. Mr. II. the Harbour She was not very much Mr. Roger & Stiles. Mr. and Mrs causing bor to drop a tin of hot rice into A Socherger, Mr. Paul C. Soresly, Mrs. hurt, but her anger was roused, and she R. Shelley and two children. Mrs. Marta Sundberg, Mr. and Mrs. C. Stanton, Ms. set about the coolic with an oar...The and Mrs. Staverosky and baby, Mr Jatter was unharmed, sixy the woman Nickola Sheteaoff and son. Mr. and Mrs, broken his fall, and he quickly chinuke O. Shustroff, Mrs. V. Smolianinoff and daughter. Mrs. Ellen Sokolov, Hr anded a falder back on to the Praya The H. Salih, son and daughter, Mrs. last seen of him was a swift pair of heels, Saali Shistonykai and son, Mr. J. H. da

tions of the simpan people. Silva, Mr. G. A. da Silva, Miss E. Chia tight being followed by the vitupera

a Silva es

Mr. John S. Winch, Mr. E. H. Waugh, Miss J., Y. Walker, Mr. Wai. A. Wahl,

Almost all the Govertiment Departments

Mrs. Synie Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. were completely burnt down with probably but few papers saved, sage are intact but I couldnt ascertain which. Of the large

Dan Tialing and baby, "Mr. Herman compound of the Momhusho, the building

Thoreen ned two children, Mr. M. Tresize, Mr. C. T. Thompson, MA IL in which were entirely of wood, only the chimney stacks remain. The billy parts of Fortunately for Mrs. Fardell she was Takahashi, Mrs. Tespunitsky and two Tokyo have mostly escaped the fire and inhene at the time the great calamity hap children.

Mr. C. Urusoff, Mr. B. Urusolt. some of the residential suburbs the damage pened. Had she been with her husband. to the house is even comparatively slight she must have met the same fate. Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Van Brunt and two damaged tiled roofs and fallen brick - Fardell was sitting in her room at the children. Baron and Baroness Vieding

bowever, are general. But the intellectual centres of Tokyo are for the time, and the shock of the earthquake hoff, Baron Anatole. Viedinghoff, Baro- present wiped out. There is no count caused her house to collapse. She hadness Vera Vieldhoff, Mrs. E. L. Vest and cation with the outside world except wonderfully narrow escape as the whole child. ten or fifteen miles to the nearest flour of her room collapsed and she fell to the room below. Luckily, she was king railway

stion or be the few

said to be run. extracted without very serious injury. gasoliner is Ding short. I hear that from to-morrow though her back has been hurt to the Steam traits instead of eletric cars will extent that she is now laid up in bed in between Idamachi vin Shinjuku to her son's house at $20A, Bubbling Well Nakano and possibly the saburban lins bo- Road, tween Shinagawa and Uyeno will partly be restored, in a like manner. The existing stations, other public buildingschools, etc., are filled with refugees. Until today's rain most people even in the suburbs cam- ped before their huses in the open, as slight shocks continue, perhaps twenty or thirty per day. The streets here are fall of people either lying under Improvised shelters, besides a stream of people mar ching out with bundles from the city or en

3r. Win. Walcontroff.

Mr. and Mrs. Yarrington, Mr. Wier Yarrington, Mr. R. H. Young.

Mr D. J. Zoloto, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Le Prince De Bearn et. De Chalais, A FURTHER LIST OF SURVIVORS de Bears, Master G. de Beurs,

We published yesterday list of the foreign survivors brought away from Yokohama on the AN al. The list below is of the survivors who were brought away by the President Jefferson-

Mrs. L. Allison. Migs Edna Allison,

Zeli.

Miss M. Bourrier, Mrs. G. Canypant. Mr. AT. Kheleni, Mr. Mike Kuonetsoff. ir. Feodor Kalpogin, 3r. Paul Kameneff,

Ir. Anna Klolnikoff. ̈·

The following is a further list of sur vivors

Navigator:

SPEEDING ON A MOTOR CYCLE. MRW. CHANEY CAUTIONED.

Mr. H. W. Chaney, of Messrs. Palmer and Turner, appeared at the Magistracy yesterday morning charged with driving his trotor-cycle at an excessive speed in a control area, and with failing to reduen his speed when rounding a corner and

Sergeant Nicoll stated that he was not sounding his born. corner t driving police machine with the Tra Inspector, Mr. Kent, in his side-car, when he saw the defendant at the june- tion of Bonham Road and High Street. This was at about ten minutes to one in the afternoon of September 2nd, and M. Chants was approaching the bend from the Enst

He was travelling at about twenty miles an hour, and witness diti not hear him sound his horn. The police machine had to swerve sharply to the left in order to avoid a collisión, |

Evidence was given by the Indian con- stated that Mr. Chaney was going at an cxccasive speed, and did not sound his horn, Witness signalled him to carry on,

the other side of the streets going towards | Mr. Wm. Arah, Mr. E. Agafaroff, Mr. B. Net who were brought to Kobe by the stalle on point duty at the junction, who.

it. There is great lack of water, but many offered water to the passers by. The suburbs which have no waterworks have still their good well. Nowhere, of course, is gas dr electricity anywhere within Tokyo-fu,

W. Anderson, Mr. James Anderson, Mrs.. Aguroff, Mr. T. W. Anderson, Mr. Ken

eth Anderson

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bateman, Mr. and Mrs: F. Ballcutiut, Mr. de Beeker, Misses E. H and Ida Bawer. Ar, and irs. E C. Blur, Mr. J. Brown, Mr. P. S. Bart- holme, Mr. Carl Berg. Mist Ct Berkiran, Lee Berkman, Mr. and Mrs. Berklund, Mr. W. G. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. C. 3. Bell, Alay 1. G. Brackley, Mr. and Mrs. Binder. Mr. Orear Blanco, Mr. M. known as none so far have Britce, Miss A. F. Brune, Mr. S. H. Blates. Mr. W. Beck, Mr. V. Busigin. Afr. W. Basil.

GENERAL IMPRESSIONS. Of the fate of places onth of Tokyo in thing is known. No motor cars can get to Yokohama, as the towns along the road are all in ruins. Yokohama is said to have farel worse en the report of a few strat glers who walked through from there. Of the fate of the many Tokyo people still in Kamakura, Atami, Hakene etc, There is no bread and little rice in Tokyo.

the

I

Mr. and Mrs F. R. Carroll and two.

and other provisions art fes smouldering children, and Mrs. H. J. Cobier, Mr. Many people were pulling big lumps of Geo. Christnacht, Mr. C. I. Campbell, ice through the streets on sheet iron from 31. and Mrs. C. J. Crossley and child. the ruins. I discovered that these cama from the stores of the Nitto lee Co, where Mr. and Mrs. T. D. A. Cockerell. Mr. dug them out from underneath and Mrs, CW Colton, Marcus Colton, Wouldering

the

sawdust. In the city the Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Craunh, Mr. and street cars are all burnt on the tracks. 3irs. Clendon and baby. Miss G. Cozad, There the streets are vet full with entang Mr. G. Castelle, Mrs. G. Campout.

wires.

unburnt sections street and railway cars are used by refu- gees, the cushions being spread out on the Bloor. I walked on the track of the electric railway from Suidobashi to Pras fallen is being rapidly cleared from and masonry. Idamachi Station, an immense waste, standing trains burat urothe ground between

lements of

Mr. G. Allcock, Mr. E. Allcock, Mrs. Allcock, Miss Allcock, Miss K. Abbey, Mr. Araginlar, Mr. S. Asano. ("

Mr. S. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Buyers, Miss Y. Bruce, Jr. F. Bruce, Mr. D Boyne, Mr. and Mrs. Bhaghat, Jr. G. Blumberg, Mr. Bussmann.

Mr. Chaney: Why did he signal me on when he thought I was going at an ex cessive speed? Surely it was his duty to stop me 1"

Witness later stated that had he not Mr. and Mrs F. Christen and daughter, signalled Mr. Chaney on. there would Mr. F. Cameron. Mrs. A. Cabeldu, Mr. almost certainly have been an accident.

Defendant put it to the Court that it and Mrs. Cabeldu, Master Caheldu.. Mr. and Mrs. Carter, Mr. T. F. Craw-was almost impossible for him to take a right angle curve at a speed of twenty ford,

Mr. and Mrs. P. Dentici and son, Mias miles an hour, especially as he had his v. Darcell, M. J. Dolan.

Mr. R. Ericson,

Mr. and Mrs. W. Famham and three children.

Mr Gulden, Oran

Mr. F. Golden. Bir. and Mrs.

wife on the carrier. He went on to any that he had to sound his horn three times when he was twenty or thirty yards away from the corner, before he could get the J. attention of the Indian. He suggested that the noise made by the sergeants Mr. and Mrs. Hully and daughter, Mr. machine-a twin cylinder eyele-prevent- Hello, Mr. N. G. Howison, Mr. anded the rider from hearing witness's hom Hoffmann, Mr. E. Hendelsohn. Mrs. H. Hofer, Mr. II. Hanschel, Mr. R. when it was sounded.

Mr. R. Irwin,

Mrs. J. F. James and two daughters, Mr. B. Judgens

Mrs. Olga Krynska

Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Devin, Misa D. Devin. Mrs. Mary C. Dreher, Mr. Chas,

Miss E. Laffin, Miss Mary Laffin, Miss Urcher, Miss Freida Dermling. Mr. and Myrtle Lafin, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Laflin, Mrs. F. P. Daly and four children, M. Mr. Hisey Lehmann. Afr. F. Debois, Miss A Desbrusson. A. Dermonoff. ir. J. B. Dixson, Jr., Mr. A. D. Macdougall, Mr. and Mrs. 19 Miss Leritive de Bordes, Mr. M. D. McRae and sou

and Idamarhi the bank of it as K. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. J. Enrique

warn

and two children. Mr. and Mrs. E. Expira,

Miss Nakayama, Mr. W. Nason." Mr. C. H. Owen,

Mrs. Pollard, Miss P. Pollard, Mr.

two daughters.

in Mr. and Mrs H. E Esping, Mrs. E. and Mrs. Le Piper, fra Pigout and Apparently some people had sought refuge Elugin.

Mr. M. S. 1. Frank, J.P. Fish, thers, but the flames had jumped over killed them. Their corpions were still lying, Mrs. G. 5. Frestoue and two child between the rails or on the slope,

ex ren, Mr. C. E Fox. Mr. E. H. Fleisch-

man.

posed

sight.

Jfr. V. Schrotin, Mr. R. G. Schluff, Mr. M. Strand.

Mr. A. Totland.

Sergeant Nicoll stated that had the defendant sounded his horn it was most probable he would have heard it.

Mr. Chaney was cautioned for speed- ing, and fined $5 for failing to reduce speed at the corner, and not sounding his horn. 7'

THE EMMIGRANTS EXCUSE. IGNORANCE PLEA IN ARMS CASE.

A. Chinese emmigrant, recently return ted from the United States, was chargel at the Magistracy yesterday before Mis Mex, S.-H. Vile and daughter.

J. R. Wood with being in illegal posses Mrs. S. J. Wardell. Mr. Waddell and sion of 820 rounds of ammunition. The our children, Mr. PA. Walker, Miss ammunition was found by the police in

presenting * rumber of victims is

is not

Mr. A. 11. Govorog. Mrs. C. Govoro known yet. Somebody all in Honji 5.000 Mr. and Mrs. Grattan and four children, had been counted. He was n 1 clerk of Mit Mr. and Mrs. Gerchak and son. Mr. GA Watt, Miss J., Watt. sukoshi and he

He said that

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W. Gabaretta, Miss L. Gabaretta, Mr. R. Gabaretta Miss Virginia Griffith, Dr. 31. Galdman, Mr. Joe Garciti, Mr. and Mrs. N. Grecnica vich and child.

PLATE GLASS WINDOW,

***** Looking through my Toric leases is

the man's luggage.

Mr. F. C. Jenkin appeared for the defence, and pointed out to his Worship that there had been no attempt at con cealment, and the reason for this was that defendant was ignorant of local regulations. He purchased the amouni-

ran out

out at first great shock (exactly at twelve). The fires did not start, be stated, before three o'clock in Nibouhashi, and at Mituko not before the pres

Pyeuing. So the probability is that short circuits, neglected kitche stove and gas mains are responsible for the firow gradually breaking out everywhere, Hadden, Mrs. Thoa. Hawks, Mr. and Mrs. window," said an American Indy, in the 2nd for lack of water or for other reams Fineffner, Mr. J. B. Hughen, Mr. J. B. nothing was done to fight the first out breaks and later it became too late. Hudson and daughter Betty, Mr. and course of her remarks while in a trarocar

£11 the suburbs patrols of young men go about Men, MI. A Henderson, MA the other day. She said just the right all night long and stop everyone 1 Hierbonicore and son. Lenderon, thing. It cost a bit mors to build a

MRM. Herskorts and son, Miss Jean Heller. Mrs. Hugh Horne and son, Mr. DK. Hetaling, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. like looking through a fine plate glass tion in Market Street, San Francisco, and

certainly A.

whom good, as evil characters will seek their ver the prisons are opportunity and. marenver xaid to have been emptied during the first fright. If this is another of the wild Patrols of soldiers assisting where they

stories I do

are niso roroeste,

Mr. and Mrs. Llanes and daughter, plate glass window and it cost a bit more Mrs. L. Hownril Jenka, Mr. and Mrs to make a pair of Toric lenses than the Arthur Jackson, Mr. J. F. Jordan.

Miss Ruby Kasni, Miss Alice Kikloyle, ordinary fiat kind. Tories are more than Mr. and Mrs. Kimbara, Miss MC worth the small difference in cost to you Knightley, Mr. J. Kaufner, Mrs. Kopy in the added comfort you derive from two children, Mr. W. G. Kaylor,

cum, and just now I hear that state off and son, Air and airs. Kolita and their use. Toric lenses of any prescrip

siege has been declived. At present it seems very doubtful if the people will he Mr. B. S. Livingston, Miss J. V. Ktion are manufactured by The Hongkong able to return to normal conditions within Lauder, Mr. J. M. Loffin, Jr., Mr. B. E. Optical Co., successors to Clark & Co., a reasonable time. All is still consterna Lawrence, Mr. Thomas Loayzn. Mr. Manufacturing and Refracting Opticians, tion, but wild scenes of despair: on the Milton K. Look, Mr. E. E. Levitsky, Miss contrary, there are many acts of quiet kind

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no police formalities were required of In imposing a fine of $60 his Worship said he took into effect the defendant's legal expenses in the ease

MERCY FOR AGE.

Found guilty of being in illegal posses omnionition, another Chinese was fined sion of a revolver and 230 rounds of $500. This man also was a returned enmigrant from America

Mr. T. G. Bennett, defending, pleaded that the defendant knew nothing of local regulations He asked bis Worship to have regard to the fact that defendant was an old man, and that he had betr detained in gaol for a wock already.