英語訳
**[Left Page, Upper Section]**
**Mizukami District:** All rivers flooded, with numerous bridges washed away and embankments destroyed.
**Kinosaki District:** The water level of the Maruyama River reached 18 shaku (approximately 5.5 meters). Embankments were breached, urban areas were inundated, and bridges were swept away, causing considerable damage. In addition, the water levels of the two major rivers in the prefecture were as follows: the Ichi River reached 9 shaku (increase of 7 shaku), and the Kako River reached 13 shaku (increase of 11 shaku).
**Muko District:** Damage in the vicinity of Nishinomiya was comparatively light, with only 150 homes flooded, 2 houses collapsed, 4 persons injured, 1 bridge washed away, and 1 bridge damaged in the village of Imazaike within that town. However, the damage in Kawaragi Village and Imazu Village was extraordinarily severe. The cause was the breaching of approximately 200 ken (roughly 360 meters) of the Mukogawa River embankment (belonging to Kawaragi) that flows through the eastern part of the district. The torrential muddy waters, which had previously rushed along like arrows, burst all at once through the breach, leaving the main river channel below the break nearly dry. As a result, Kami-Kawabayashi, Shimo-Kawabayashi, and Shimoshinden Village—all lying below the embankment within Kawaragi Village—were transformed in an instant into a vast sea, and the terrible state of affairs was beyond description. The force of the water continued to grow, eventually overflowing the railway line and inundating Imazu Village on the coast far below, with the remaining momentum also submerging Shiba Village. The devastation was truly beyond words; the elderly and young, men and women alike, took refuge on the railway embankment and at temples and schools on higher ground, receiving emergency rice rations from the authorities and barely staving off hunger. The major damage statistics were as follows: of 270 households in Kawaragi Village, 191 were flooded (all received emergency rice rations) and 8 houses collapsed; of 380 households in Shiba Village, 289 were flooded (all received emergency rice rations) and 6 houses collapsed; in Imazu Village, 735 homes were flooded (that is, every single household, all of which received emergency rice rations). In addition, Mikage Town, Nendō Village, Motoyama Village, and others in the district also suffered considerable damage.
**Overall Prefectural Damage:** According to surveys conducted through September 10th regarding the storm and flood damage of August 30th, the total damage figures for the prefecture were as follows: 130 dead, 91 injured, 15 missing; 311 houses washed away or buried; 1,075 houses collapsed; 11,853 houses damaged; 28,528 houses inundated; 13 other buildings washed away; 5 other buildings collapsed; 1,716 other buildings damaged; 86 other buildings inundated; and 63 vessels lost—
**[Lower Section]**
—12 vessels damaged; 2,953 locations of road damage; 1,723 bridges washed away; 230 bridges damaged; 309 chō 8 tan of wasteland; 1,526 chō 5 tan of cropland with total crop loss; 5,759 chō 2 tan of inundated farmland; and 2,800 locations of landslides. Of these, Kobe City alone recorded: 38 dead, 57 injured, 9 missing; 170 houses washed away; 43 houses collapsed; 545 houses damaged; and 7,922 houses inundated.
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**● Flood Damage in Nara Prefecture**
**Storm and Flood Damage in Nara Prefecture:** Throughout Nara Prefecture, the violent storm of August 30th caused widespread collapse and damage to houses, destruction of bridges, flooding of rivers, breaching of embankments, landslides, and inundation of homes and farmland—damage too numerous to fully enumerate. Many people drowned or were crushed to death, and the authorities estimated that the death toll might reach as many as seven or eight hundred persons. Among the major incidents of damage in the prefecture, the Sengoku Bridge in Yoshino District (an iron bridge of over 100 ken in length) was completely overtopped by floodwaters. Timber and other debris flowing down from upstream struck the bridge decking and railings, and so severe was the impact that even this remarkably sturdy iron bridge had one of its central piers (piers, from the English "pier") cut through, causing a section of 40 to 50 ken in the middle to collapse. At that time, the water level exceeded the normal level by nearly 4 ken (approximately 7.3 meters), and judging by the large quantities of furniture—including chests of drawers and household goods—flowing down from upstream, there must have been considerable flooding further up the river. Next, in Gojō Town, Uchi District, the 100-ken embankment at Ōshima (a large section of the town) was breached, flooding the entire town, with some areas seeing water reach rooftop level.
**Official Report on Storm Damage in Nara Prefecture:** According to the summary of a report submitted to the Home Ministry by Furusawa, the Governor of Nara Prefecture, from around 6 p.m. on August 30th the north wind became extremely violent, accompanied by heavy rain, causing extraordinary flooding in every district. In addition to damage to fields and farmland, there was considerable destruction of private homes and deaths and injuries among both people and livestock. The most severely affected areas were the districts of Uchi and Uda. In Gojō Town, Uchi District, more than half of all private homes were inundated; in particular, in Ōshima and the adjacent Shinmachi, floodwaters reached the eaves of houses throughout. Furthermore, over 160 ken of the Ōshima embankment was breached, causing damage to several tens of chō of nearby farmland…