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Jun. 16, 1964 - Earthquake disaster in Niigata Japan: The city of Niigata is a blazing shambles after the sever earthquake which took place at 1.02 PM 6/16/64, isolatig it from the rest of Japan as railway lines buckled, and the runway of the airport partly disappeared there is no water, electricity of sewerage remaining and thousand are homeless. The port of Niigata, one of the principal oil refining cities, suffered a double catastrophy as oil tanks burst spreading blazing oil over hundreds of houses nearby, destroying 291 of them. Then 90 oil tanks which went up in flames contained 400, 000 kilolitres. So far 25 persons are known to have perished, and several hundred injured. Nearly 2, 000 houses were destroyed, 30 being washed away in a tidal wave which followed the earthquake, and more than 14, 000 homes are flooded. All railway lines in Niigata are buckled like switchback rails

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Blazing Buckled Burst Catastrophy Contained Destroying Disappeared Earthquake Flooded Followed Hundreds Nearby Nearly Niigata Partly Perished Rails Refining Remaining Runway Sever Sewerage Shambles Spreading Suffered Switchback Thousand Tidal Washed

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