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Such, at least, is the conclusion arrived at by the Meteorological Bureau, 
though the record of damage done suggests that Nagoya may share the 
honour. The time telegraphed from Nagoya is 9.45 a.m., and that tele- 
graphed from Osaka 9.56, but it is not possible to place much reliance on 
these figures. Nagoya city does not seem to have suffered. The damage 
occurred chiefly at Ono, Handa, and Chirin, where houses are said to have 
been overturned. Wakayama, also, was severely visited, houses and go- 
downs being overthrown in the two districts of Nishi-mura and Higashi- 
mura. The most accurate accounts come from Osaka. There the direction 
of the shock was from south-east to north-west. At first vertical, the 
movement presently became horizontal, the latter phase, which lasted 
about two minutes, developing the maximum intensity. Apparently the 
only personal injuries were not directly due to the shock, but resulted 
from a panic among the employees at the Osaka Cotton-spinning Factory. 
In attempting to escape from an upper story, several fell downstairs, and 
twenty-eight were hurt, two severely. Fuller details may show, however, 
that the falling of chimneys and buildings was not unaccompanied by loss 
of life. 
‘Considering the wide area through which the seismic disturbance on 
the 7th instant was felt, it is inferred that the origin of the force must 
have been at a point very deep below the surface. The great majority of 
the earthquakes experienced in this country are of distinctly limited scope. 
Thus the statistics collected by the Seismological Bureau show that out of 
2,670 shocks felt in 1891, only eight were felt throughout an area of over 
10,000 square miles. The great earthquake on August 28 in that year 
made itself perceptible throughout an area of 15,750 square miles, and the 
shock on the 7th of this month had a range of 15,000 square miles. The 
latter did not reach farther north than Yokohama: it was not felt at all 
in Tokio. 
‘A telegram received by the Home Department from Nara Prefecture 
gives details of the damage done by the earthquake :—‘“ A strong shock 
was felt at 10 a.m. on the 7th. At Takata-machi twenty farmers’ houses 
fell, and two children were buried in the ruins. At Sakmaimachi a man 
was crushed to death. Other damage is in course of investigation.” 
‘A telegram received subsequently says: “The result of investigation 
shows that three persons were killed and 11 injured, 67 houses destroyed 
and 24 damaged. The mountains in Amanowawa Mura, Yoshino district, 
shook greatly and emitted a thunderous sound, and the ground opened in 
parts, landslips occurring here and there. Roads westward of Hirase 
have been broken away in places.” 
ve workers in the Tenwa mine were buried alive, but were dug out 
safely.’ 
Time of transit | Velocity per sec 
eee, Bes Wwid Distance ines 
: M. ° KMS. | 
Shide . ; 3 F 4 3 59 87 27 
ew 4 Rio's. 59 86 2-7 . 
Nicolaiew . 3 : a , 26 74:5 5:2? 
occa di Papa soe a0. | 56 88 2°9 
Catania ‘ ; : ; : 24 90 6:92 
Toronto : 3 5 3 : 65 95 27 
Trieste : F A ; 3 47 84:5 33 
