24 Killed in Landslide Near Tokyo
Kawasaki, Japan - Twenty-four persons were killed, and sixteen injured in a huge landslide disaster at Kawasaki, between Tokyo and Yokohama, when a hill composed of cinders dumped there by a thermal plant, loosened by torrential rain, thundered down in an avalanche engulfing 15 houses, and trapping 57 persons beneath the debris of their homes. More than 600 rescue workers including police, fireman and soldiers dug furiously to release the victims. Rescue parties dig amonst the debris trying to rescue some of the buried people
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