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lumber was: strewn across our
navy's "First submarine to carry seapl ane
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back lawn. The twin house next
to ours, where Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bishop lived, was also In
a bad condition. The lawns .and
school grounds were, literally cov
ered with little coops where lived
(stayed) perhaps a hundrede Jap
anese people. As we walked into
the yard, our faithful "rusuban
or caretaker, Inouye San and his
wife, ml us and told the story,
which we had already heard, of
how he had walked the grounds
with sword in hand to keep loot
era away even when his own mo
ther was dying; from earthquake
The house, had loat about 'hair
its foundation, and the 'porch was
shaken entirely orf leaving the
roof where the floor, was. Two
large holes, in the roof marked the
place where .': chimneys came
through. Wo ,pried the- doors
open as the house was bo twisted
that no lateh iwould work. 'The
Interior was a perfect, mew. The
two '. larie brick chimneys had
broken just level ' with ' the ; up
stairs floor -and, 'dropping a
chunks weighing, a ton or more,
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LETTER FROM JAPAN
' Rev. S. Raymond Lathy.
.; , October 29, 192Z.
. 5 Shimo Shlrokane Cho,
s("v - r V Hirosake, "4
You may be Interested; to know
loine of the personal experiences
of -the newest missionary on the
Js!ind - of - Japan (newest of the
ir E. Mission' folks at least.) dur
ing the earthquake period. When
we' arrived in, Japan, May 4th of
this year, we went Into the home
which was occupied-by Dr. Drap
er I as he was to start to America
oif his furlough a few' weeks later.
ThisJ was ; at 222 B Bluff Yoko-
hama--the city that suffered
most. ' Fortunately we ' were not
lat Yokohama 'September 1, the
fatal dayi... .
tvAt Karuizewa, almost 100 miles
from Yokohama, whence we had
ine to get out of the heat of the
two hottest months of the lowland
c itea, :the excitement and con
fusion the dayof the quake, and
i e days following were all any
there cared for. We thought we
V.;ere Jn "k part . of Japan seldom
-tnoved 'by the: Interior . action of
tKe earth, t But at, noon on Sat
urday, September i, the cottage in
ThIch- we were Housed began to
iiove around and up and down at
fttch a rate as- to upset vases,
j-Itchers, lamps, books from the
I pelves, etc The ohuse was soon
rid of all ltaf occupants. Little
JUymond Vincent, who was visit
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.Cov. Charles A. Templeton of Connecticut, with his State's At- ,
torney Kagh Alcorn, who called on President Coolidge in Washing
ton ta Interest the Federal authorities In the nation wide investlga
tloa izto.tha "tosras doctors", recruited from the ranks of black-sr-'-ths,
ex-bartenders and street cleaners, recently brought to light
't t- cf Connecticut by the death of several people caused
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A critical putlic a . pxiblic spoiled ; by offerings lore of the
finest that motor engineering has produce4 ' anywhere ; in the
world has looked at the hew:1924 Star Car, and found it worthy
in every way.' "iThey have0. KM" it and they are proving that
fact by piling np order npon order, in'every town froju the north
ern boundary "of Washington to ihe Mexican line in tile South.
ing the little girl j at the next
house, was soon gathered up in
his daddy's arms and tljere fwe
stood out in the open huddled to
gether (the Shaws lived with us
in; the cottage) iwalting for the
trembling,' waving under our feet
to quiet down, a! Japanese man
who was there with us said that
something terrible ' had happened
as he had never seen anything like
it in Japan. - Mt.k . Asama : only
eight .miles away could be seen
towering 5000 feet. above us. Just
five days .before I had- stood " on
the summit and, looked dvwn Into
Its "bubbling,"' blazip.l .icrater..
Some' thought that It was getting
ready to vomit out some of . its
heated contents, so we kept our
eyes on It. - When we - went to a
meeting in the afternoon we
found that Isome lot the houses
had lost their chimneys and other
small damages, were recorded in
the little town, but no one knew
the real terror that, was going on
at that very moment in the finest
cities of the empire." In rthe even
ing some .climbed to -the top of
Mt. Hanapi ..nearby . and could see
as the darkness of th night came
on, the glare .against, the sky as
il some terrible burning was go
ing on. somewhere.. They decided
that It was either some volcanic
eruption or some cities burning.
The following day news came
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of the destruction that was go
ing on In the cities of Tokyo,
Yokohama and the surrounding
places. . But the. news came in
just little snatches as the means
of comunication had been cut off.
It being Sunday, we had our
church services. Breathles" anx
iety was shown on - the faces of
all. Imagination was also set to
work, in many minds. ; u
More specific news came thru
Indirect channels on - Monday.
Crowds of peopel could be seen
around the bulletin boards any
time in the day and late at night
trying to find out something sat
isfying. Now and then some
friend or relative would, be re
ported .killed or missing and this
would cause greater anxiety on
khe part of all., In a few days folks
began to arive from the stricken
region and as they walked, up the
main street of the summer town
people would gather around them
to find out what they' had' to -say.
Bishop JWelch returning, called a
meeting of 'cuf group ' and ; told
of the losses,, particularly of our
mission, in church and school con
stituency rand "In property. Of
these loses you t will likely hear.
"Opportunity was ;r now offered
for I relief J work,; Train ; loads of
refugees were going thru Karuix
awa. Something must be done
for them.: Organized food stations
were put in operation. I offered
my services and , met trains all
thru the night, handed out food
and water to he hundreds' who
reached from the car window,
cattle car door, or- over the side
of a coal car. t"'"'i I
Of course, everybody waa asked
to '.stay .out of : the'- stricken cities
unless urgent business took them
there, and even then they should
carry sufficient food with them
to-last while there and If posisble
feed others. Since our heme and
practically all we possessed were,
right in the heart of the devas
tated region, we 'could hardly stay
away. ',-; . --' : ; ' I.
, I went to the station on Sunday
night, September 8th. expecting
to take the 11:25 train.; The
crowded ' conditions were well,
known and I expected to . crowd
thru a , window or sit on top of
a coach as many had been doing.
When the train came in there was
no room anywhere and it was im
posisble to crowd thru a window.
The. next train was flue at 8 the
next morning. I had stretched
out on a station seat expecting to
wait for it when suddenly I heard
ia train pulling In. 1 Jumping to
my feet, I ran acros th tracks to
find that it was a special train
carrying only j soldiers . and offi
cers. But I scaw a trainman lead
ing two ladies down toward the
front hurriedly. I followed. He
showed us into a little vestibule
Just back of the electric engine.
We were Just complimenting our
selves when another trainman
came down thru ..the train and
told us we would nave to get off
since It was a special train and
the place we. had . was rather
dangerous. We explained that we
had ; been ushered there and
wanted to ay" When he.lnlsted
I weT!t t--c!c to the ttst!? muster
The United States submarine S-l Is the first of its kind built for
navy seaplane, which is assembled on the deck o t the underwater
plane, when dismounted, is carried on the top of the submarine in a
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while the ladies held our place.
I explained to the station master
that we bad purhcased a' ticket
for '- the earlied train and being
unable to get on we would like
very muhc to go on that train as
we were anxious to get to Tokyo.
He could not understand English
but - the 'man standing near him
did and coming forward again led
me to the little place back of
the - engine and closed the door;
Soon our "special train" was off
down thru the twenty-six moun
tain tunnels.
We had to change trains and
go thru a long process of sifting
at a station called Omiya. Here
the crowd was herded and driven
thru gates where many soldiers
guarded with bayoneted guns.
Each person had to show permits
or give just reasons for going
into the devastated region. We
stood there for about an hour be
fore the next train came in: In the
jam, we managed to get thru the
.door and rode fairly comfortable.
It was now daylight and slight
wreckage began to appear. It
increased as "we moved w along.
Soon we were all changed to a
train carrying only coal cars - ftn
which we rode to our last station.
Here fikishas could be' secured,
making the rest of our journey to
our Aoyama compound iairy
easy. ; ,
Arriving about noon, I deliv
ered some messages and letters
and then parked in Dr. Berry's
house for a little rest, expecting
to leave for Yokohama the- fol
lowing day. In the late afternoon,
however, I walked ; out around
the compound to see the once
fine colege buildings now either
wrecked or badly damaged. , 4
J At 8 o'clock the next morning,
Dr, Heckelman and I started 'for
Yokohama expecting to do much
hiking. -Soon after leaving the
compound an auto picked us up
Land took us to a station where we
got a train going over the repair
ed road to Yokohama; station. I
say a train ; it was a freighter hav
ing about 25 coal cars in which
the people stood packed like sar
dines in a box. You have per
haps seen pictures of -these crowd
ed trains with people hanging all
araimd tho eneine. The repaired
track over the crooked and broken
land squeaked under its load of
human freight. We reached Yo
kohama station at 11 a. m. About
three miles walk through the most
devastated city you would look up
on followed. We passed yby .Sak-
uragicha station where had stood
a structure which would have been
a credit to any of the largest cities
of America. Now, only a few
crumbling pillars furnished ' a
landmark. Across " the nearby
bridge was the site of the YWQA.
I can not begin to describe the
horrors we saw as we passed over
the ruins of this famous seaport
city. Nine days had passed since
the quake; Men with autos and
wagons and also steamers had
been busy removing the bodies,
bringing in food and clothing, but
even yet ..our eyes fell now gnd
then 'on the untouched dead and
the ashes told the story of a great
cremation. The walls of the fine
Specie bank seem ; to record the
hundreds that were said to have
perished within them. I had just
been In this bank a few weeks be
fore the quake and hadcounted
on the first floor alone over 100
employees. It is said that when
the quake came and the fire fol
lowed, the steel shutters intended
to make the building fire proof
were closed shutting many people
in for protection. Automatic wa
terworks In the dome of the build
ing being put out of order by-the
quake played havoc so that when
the flames swept across the city,
the the people who sought refuge
there were simply roasted.
We walked on through the"city
to one of the best shopping dis
tricts where my companion,. fr.
Heckelman, was, when the earth
quake struck the city. He was n
a furniture store when the pil
lars and walls began to fair. and
the lady clerk became frantic'
Standing by one of the largest
pillars and commanding her to do
likewise, they were both saved
from being crushed He then
made his way through the burn
ing city to the ocean -where he got
Into a boat. The lady also es
caped as we were told by her hus
band whom we found on the very
spot salvaging In the ashes, lie
almost worshipped ' Heckelman
for having saved the life of Jils
wife as he thought fee did. . 1 -took
a ri-t'ire c?;the two standing in
the ashes of the store.
We then went up on the bluff
or high portion of the city. Around
the- foot of the bluff, were chan
nels or city water ways on which
many small boats used to ply with
their heavy cargoes. Now the
walls were broken in on both sides
and the waters were laden with
debris which sent up stifling odors.
As Dr. Heckelman said, "Hell is a
tame word in any attempt to de
scribe all this." Our eyes travel
out from these water ways and in
every direction is the most -complete
job wrought by quake and
fire you can imagine. The waters
of , the great Pacific which once
carried shipload after shipload of
products from this coast, fringed
with factories, shipping companies
and the like, now dash against a
breastwork of : ashes, broken
stone and twisted steel.
Calling this a rest, we contin
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the navy to carry 'bo new type
craft preparatory i j flight, The
tanklike container.
ued along the main street on top
of the bluff. This section was
once dotted with the best resi
dences hidden among large ever
greens and smaller shrubbery.
How strangely the fire picked
these homes up from among the
trees. Once in a great while,
where the fire seemed "merciful on
a stray house, there was almost
sure to be a heap of earthquake
ruins. Traveling along the brok
en ridg? of the tluff for a mile or
more we came to where the fire
seemed to have stopped. A street
formed the line between the
burned city and the few unburnt
buildings in this outskirt section:
The second house back from this
division line was what we had
called home since landing in Jap
an. It was difficult to recognize
it. The school for training Chris
tian women near our house had
tumbled down and much of the
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