Great Earthquake in Japan

The Cotton Mill at Nagoya, was a large brick building with a cellar and two floors, and with a tower one storey higher, about half way from one end of the building and at one side. The building is shown in a terribly wrecked condition; there are not more than about half the walls standing, and these are cracked, twisted, and half overset.

Biwajima is a suburb of the city of Nagoya. It is not exaggeration to say that the destruction was complete.

This fault, which shews a vertical displacement of 20 to 25 feet, is clearly visible for about three quarters of a mile.

The most notable thing between Gifu and Ogaki is the railway bridge over the Nagara-gawa, which has been totally destroied.

Near the Kisogawa Bridge the railway is twisted. The extent of motion between the sleepers and the surrounding gravel is in many places from 5 to 6 inches.