TH1-: GREAT ERUPTION OF SAKURA-JIMA IN 1914. 95 



Minor explosions at 0.25 a.m. and 0.51 p.m., and a strong roar 

 at 8.39 p.:\i. on ]Marcli 1st. Wet ash-mist covered the whole sou- 

 thern province of Satsuma. The east remained remarkably quiet 

 during the last two days. 



C) Economic and Social Statistics. 



People killed. . . .35 (6 in Sakiira-jima) [in l779-'8(). . . . 161— according to some reijort . . . .OjCOO") 

 „ •«•ovinded 127 (1 in Sakiira-jima) ? ] 



„ fate unknown ... 23. ? ] 



Damage to jjroperty in the city of Kagi^hima ¥ 1,100,470 



., Saknra-jima „ 3,076,669 



¥ 4,177,139 



SAKURA-JIMA. 



Horses kiUed 1,715 (800 saved) [in 1779-80 1,576 killal] 



Oxen „ .... 203 (50-GO „ ) [ „ „ „ 135 „ ] 



Pigs „ .... 612 - ? ] 



FowLs lost 10,311 ? ] 



The loss in domestic cattle and fowls amounts to ¥ 52,863 



Houses (ménages) in Seto, "Waki, Ari-mura, all on the east side, buried under lava 510 



„ „ „ Akamizu, Yokoyama, Koike, all on the west side, buried under lava . . 919 



1,429 



Houses burnt and buried under lava 1,946 



„ remaining which are, however, heii\ily covered with ash 1,186 



3,132 



The insular population 27,11(> 



Rescued by launches on Jan. 12th 2,493 



„ „ 13th 5 



„ ,. 14th 35 



„ I „ „ „ 15th 6 



2,539 

 Fled to the nearest mainland bef(jre the catastrophe 24,577 



