1923-09-29 — Page 11

Hongkong Telegraph

By Special Arrangement with the Shanghai. Sunday Times,

FURTHER

PICTURES OF JAPANESE DISASTER

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1923.

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The aron included in the picture was once und of the most important parts of Tokyo and Insurance Co.; Hibiyn Park-bogonil): Imperial Palace,

Japan Advertisor; " Aikokon : EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE CONVERTED NERVE CENTRE OF TOKYO INTO DESOLATED AREA. ruin. Some of the buildings, few of which were loft standing, obarced walls marking the rest, are the Imperial Hotel;;Department of duntivo; ***** worn reduced to duet, and the fire that swept over afterwards completed the altor elevated railway running along, background, Tokyo Kulun hill: Tokyo, Nichi dichi Shimbun Hoshishimbun Tokyo Municipal Building: Tokyo Central Stution und Mitsukoshi Departout Store, This remarkable picture taken after the earthquake and fire had laid waste to Tokyo gives a good idea of the extent of the destruction contained many large buildings and offices of commercial firms. Within a periûd of

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WHOLE STREET IS FUEL FOR FLAMES.

The whole stretch of Yarakucho Street provided fuel for the Games that destroyed a large part of Tokyo after a succession of earthquakes bad done tremendous damage. This picture, taken from the Imperial Hotel, which was one of the very few buildings left standing in the district, shows the fire slowly creeping up the street.

THE CREEPING FIRES.

Thousands of people watched the flames encompass Tokyo after the earthquake and eat up everything in their pathway. This picture was taken in Yamashita Street

in Kyubashi ward.

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DESOLATION REIGNS SUPREME.

Only photographs can register the utter desolation that marred Japan's beautiful capital when the shocks had ceased and the flames had died down. This picture, taken at Kajibash Bridge, Kyobashiku, tells its own story,. Notice the ruined motor excles in the right corner.