翻刻
御座候処右三ケ所江翌八日朝懸けケ取遣候者八ツ時
頃前橋川筋江通り懸り候処凡家数八拾軒
余も流来り候利根川水六合計に而御座候処
半時計之間に水之高サ五六丈計に相成人之
死骸こま〳〵に砕ケ夥敷流来り候其中に三
四人死骸之上に重り候而死不申流来り助ケ呉
よと声之おめき候得共中々可助様なく
人々面々一生顕命と退去申候七ツ時
過之頃に至り俄に震動強成り大石小石
燃なから流来り水中に燃上り火焔立登り
煙りの匂ひ鼻眼に入何に縦ん様も無御座候右
之段中々筆紙に難尽候同九日朝五ツ時前
芝宿と申所へ泥壱丈計押込右流之内に
死人数不知有之泥之上に浮居候死骸崩れ
又は焼こけ女子供死人多ク有之候中に六人
半死半生之者有之候所之者寄合右六人之者ヲ
引出シ色々養生いたし候得共男女之差別も
相分り兼候に付湯水に而洗イ能ク髪杯とかし
現代語訳
ところが、右の三か所へ翌八日朝に使いを走らせた者が八つ時頃前橋川筋へ通りかかったところ、およそ家数八十軒余りも流れてきており、利根川の水は六合と計り知れないほどでしたが、半時ほどの間に水の高さが五、六丈ほどになり、人の死骸が細かく砕けて夥しく流れてきました。その中に三、四人の死骸の上に重なって死んでいない者が流れてきて「助けてくれ」と声を上げて叫んでいましたが、とても助けようがなく、人々はそれぞれ一生懸命に逃げました。七つ時過ぎの頃になると俄かに震動が強くなり、大石小石が
燃えながら流れてきて、水中で燃え上がり火炎が立ち上り、煙の匂いが鼻や目に入ってどうしようもありませんでした。右の件は到底筆や紙では尽くし難いものです。同九日朝五つ時前に芝宿という所へ泥が一丈ほど押し込み、右の流れの中に死人が数知れずあり、泥の上に浮いている死骸は崩れ、また焼け焦げており、女子供の死人が多くありました。その中に六人の半死半生の者がいたので、その場所の者たちが寄り合って右の六人を引き出し、色々と看病しましたが、男女の区別もつかないので、湯水で洗い、よく髪などを梳いて
英語訳
However, when a messenger sent to those three locations on the morning of the 8th passed by the Maebashi river area around 8 o'clock, approximately eighty houses had been swept away, and the Tone River water was immeasurable. Within about half an hour, the water level rose to about 5-6 jo (15-18 meters), and human corpses, broken into pieces, came flowing down in great numbers. Among them, 3-4 people who were not dead but piled on top of corpses came floating down, crying "Help us!" But there was no way to save them, and people fled desperately for their lives. Around 7 o'clock in the evening, the tremors suddenly became stronger, and large and small stones
came flowing while still burning, flames rose up from the water, and the smell of smoke entered our noses and eyes, making the situation unbearable. This situation is truly impossible to fully describe with pen and paper. On the morning of the 9th, before 5 o'clock, mud about one jo (3 meters) deep pushed into a place called Shiba-shuku. In this flow were countless dead bodies floating on top of the mud - corpses that were either decomposed or burned. There were many dead women and children. Among them were six people who were half-dead and half-alive, so the local people gathered together to pull out these six people and provided various medical care. However, since they couldn't distinguish between men and women, they washed them with hot water and carefully combed their hair.