Japan - Korea - North Korea

Jun. 22, 1964 - Japanese Earthquake Disaster. The city of NIIGATA was reduced to a blazing shambles by the earthquake which struck last Tuesday, isolating it from the rest of Japan, as railway lines buckled and the runway of the airport partly disappeared. Now there is no water, electrician of sewerage, and thousands are homeless. The port of Niigara, one of the principal oil refining cities, suffered a double oatastrophy as oil tanks burst spreading blazing oil over hundreds of houses nearby, destroying 291 of them. The 90 oil tanks which went up in flames contained 400, 000 kilolitres. So far 25 persons are known to have died, and several hundred were injured. Nearly 2, 000 houses were destroyed, 30 being washed away in the tidal wave that followed the earthquake, and more than 14, 000 homes are flooded. Photo shows all railway lines in NIIGATA are buckled like switchback rails

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Blazing Buckled Burst Contained Destroying Disappeared Earthquake Electrician Flooded Followed Hundreds Isolating Nearby Nearly Niigata Partly Rails Reduced Refining Runway Sewerage Shambles Spreading Struck Suffered Switchback Tidal Tuesday Washed

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