翻刻
【右丁】
けれは各あやしみて堀出し見れは松和也驚て様子を尋るに息ある
のみにして声細りて更に聞へす水を与へ療治をくわへ次第に快気【氣】
して命全き事を得たり
〇亀戸町鳶の又吉は自身番屋《割書：世俗坊間の邏所を自身番屋と云当月朔日ゟ｜町々夜番始りて非常を守る故こゝに在し也》
にありて地震に驚き家に戻りしに妻たけは幼稚の男子三次郎を抱
きて大路に彳【たたずみ】居たりし故母のぶの安否を聞に分らすよつて又吉一
人家に欠入りし頃はあたりより火起りたゝちに家に焼うつりて母子
二人共に焼死たり翌日焼跡を見しに又吉の屍と母の屍と畳を隔て
在りしはまさしく畳にて火を除け母を援んとせしなるへしとて
人々感涙を催せしとそ
【左丁】
〇深川森下町神明宮の表門前町に住る鍛冶の伝【傳】蔵は年老たる
ものにてありしか他所に趣き帰路に望て地震にあひはしり帰りし
か其家潰れし下より妻とみ子いよの声にて援けくれよと呼はる
により材木を穿ちて妻とみ《割書：老女｜也》をは助け出しぬ娘いよをも助ん
とせしか背に柱の倒れたるが圧【壓】となりて苦しみ居たりしかは鋸
を捜出してかの柱を切れは柱たわみて重さ増り一層の苦痛をま
しけるうちあたりの火熾になりて焼近つきぬかくては助りかたき
を知りわらはの命もはや援り難し両親にはこのまゝをきて速
に立退給へとすゝむれと立もさらすして泣居たるうちはや此家
に火移りしかはせんすへなくて逃【迯】のきし由
現代語訳
【右丁】
けれど皆が不審に思って掘り出してみると松和であった。驚いて様子を尋ねたが、息があるのみで
声は細くてまったく聞こえない。水を与えて治療を加えると、次第に回復して
命を全うすることができた。
○亀戸町の鳶の又吉は自身番屋（世俗で町内の警備所を自身番屋という。当月一日から
町々で夜番が始まって非常事態に備えるため、ここにいたのである）
にいて地震に驚き家に戻ったところ、妻のたけは幼い男子三次郎を抱いて
大通りにたたずんでいた。そこで母のぶの安否を聞いたが分からないので、又吉一人が
家に駆け入った頃には、周りから火が起こり、すぐに家に燃え移って母子
二人とも焼死した。翌日焼け跡を見ると、又吉の遺体と母の遺体とが畳を隔てて
あったのは、まさしく畳で火を防いで母を救おうとしたのであろうということで、
人々が感涙を催したということである。
【左丁】
○深川森下町神明宮の表門前町に住む鍛冶の伝蔵は年老いた
者であったが、他所に出かけ、帰路に着こうとして地震に遭い、走って帰ったところ、
その家が潰れた下から妻とみと子のいよの声で「助けてくれ」と呼ぶ
ので、材木を穿って妻のとみ（老女である）を助け出した。娘のいよをも助けようと
したが、背中に柱が倒れたのが重しとなって苦しんでいたので、鋸を
探し出してその柱を切ると、柱がたわんで重さが増し、一層の苦痛を
増した。そのうち周りの火が激しくなって燃え迫ってきた。このようでは助かり難い
ことを知り、「私の命ももはや救い難い。両親はこのまま置いて速やかに
立ち退いてください」と勧めたが、立ち去ろうともしないで泣いているうちに、もうこの家に
火が移ったので、仕方なくて逃げ去ったということである。
英語訳
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everyone found this suspicious and dug him out, discovering it was Matsukazu. When they inquired about his condition in amazement, he was barely breathing and his voice was so weak it could hardly be heard. They gave him water and medical treatment, and he gradually recovered and was able to preserve his life.
○Matakichi, a construction worker from Kameido-chō, was at the neighborhood watch station (commonly called jishimban-ya, these are patrol stations in the districts; night watch duty begins in each neighborhood from the first day of the month to guard against emergencies, which is why he was there) when he was startled by the earthquake and returned home. His wife Take was standing in the main street holding their young son Sanjirō. When he asked about the safety of his mother Nobu, no one knew, so Matakichi alone rushed into the house. By that time, fire had started from the surrounding area and immediately spread to the house, and both mother and son died in the flames. When they looked at the burned ruins the next day, Matakichi's corpse and his mother's corpse were found separated by a tatami mat, which clearly showed that he had tried to use the tatami to shield against the fire and rescue his mother, causing everyone to shed tears of emotion.
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○Denzō, a blacksmith who lived in the town in front of the main gate of Shinmei Shrine in Fukagawa Morishita-chō, was an elderly man who had gone out somewhere and was on his way home when he encountered the earthquake. He ran back home, and from under his collapsed house, his wife Tomi and daughter Iyo called out "Help us!" So he broke through the timber and rescued his wife Tomi (who was an old woman). He also tried to save his daughter Iyo, but a pillar had fallen on her back, pressing down and causing her pain. He found a saw and cut the pillar, but the pillar bent and became heavier, increasing her suffering even more. Meanwhile, the surrounding fire intensified and approached them. Knowing that rescue would be difficult under these circumstances, she said, "My life can no longer be saved. Please leave me as I am and evacuate quickly," but they would not leave and continued crying. Eventually the fire spread to this house as well, so they had no choice but to flee.