翻刻
御座候処右三ケ所え翌八日朝懸ケ取遣候者八っ時
頃前橋川筋え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て御座候処
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て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っ時
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ッ時前
芝宿と申所へ泥壱丈計押込右泥之内に
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て洗イ能ク髪杯とかし
現代語訳
ございましたが、翌八日の朝、その三か所へ使いの者を遣わしたところ、八つ時頃に前橋の川筋を通りかかると、およそ家が八十軒余りも流れてきており、利根川の水は六合程度（通常水位）でございましたのに、半時ほどの間に水の高さが五、六丈ほどにもなり、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、四人が死骸の上に重なって、まだ死にきれずに流れてくる者がおり、「助けてくれ」と叫び声を上げておりましたが、とても助けようがなく、人々はそれぞれ命からがら逃げ去りました。七つ時過ぎ頃になって、にわかに震動が強くなり、大石小石が燃えながら流れてきて、水中でも燃え上がり、火炎が立ち登り、煙の匂いが鼻や目に入り、どうにもしようがございませんでした。右の様子は、とても筆紙に尽くしがたいものでございます。同九日の朝五つ時前、芝宿と申す所へ泥が一丈ほど押し込み、その泥の中に死人が数知れず埋まっており、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ございました。その中に六人、半死半生の者がおり、所の者が集まってその六人を引き出し、色々と手当てをいたしましたが、男女の区別もつきかねましたので、湯水で洗い、よく髪などを梳かし
英語訳
However, on the morning of the 8th, the day after, we sent messengers to the three locations mentioned. Around the eighth hour (2 AM), when they passed along the river at Maebashi, approximately eighty or more houses were flowing downstream. Although the Tone River had been at only six-tenths of its normal level, within the span of half an hour, the water rose to a height of five or six jō (approximately 15–18 meters). Human corpses, smashed into pieces, flowed downstream in great numbers. Among them, three or four people were piled atop corpses, still alive, calling out "Please save us!" but there was absolutely no way to help them, and everyone fled for their very lives. After the seventh hour (around 4 AM), the tremors suddenly intensified; large and small rocks came flowing downstream while still burning, flames rose up even from within the water, fire leapt into the air, and the smell of smoke entered our noses and eyes — there was nothing to be done. What happened here is far beyond what words and paper can convey. On the morning of the 9th, before the fifth hour (around 7 AM), mud pushed into a place called Shiba-juku to a depth of one jō (approximately 3 meters). Within that mud lay countless dead, and the corpses floating on the surface of the mud were decomposed or charred. There were many dead women and children. Among them, six people were found half-dead, and the local residents gathered together and pulled these six people out, administering various treatments. However, as it was difficult to distinguish between men and women, they washed them with hot water, carefully combed out their hair, and...