英語訳
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Since boats had also stopped running, communications were cut off and the situation could not be known in detail. However, according to information now received, the three ferry crossings over the Kizu River at Kusauchi, Iioka, and Miyamaki in Tsuzuki District were temporarily suspended due to high water levels. Furthermore, at 6 p.m. on the 21st, the water level on the same river had risen by 1 jō 5 shaku at Ōsumi Village and Tsuzuki Village, by 1 jō 3 shaku at Yawata, and by 1 jō 7 shaku at Hashimoto. The sluice gate at Mino, Ōsumi Village, overflowed for approximately 30 ken, inundating more than 40 houses.
**East of the Kizu River** In Taga and Ide villages in Tsuzuki District, east of the Kizu River, water flowed back through drainage sluice gates and inundated farmland. As the sluice gates were on the verge of being damaged, the villagers worked desperately on flood prevention efforts, and their efforts paid off as they managed to successfully defend against the flood without serious incident.
**Otokuni District** Although the Obata and Koizumi Rivers in Otokuni District saw considerable flooding from the mountain areas along the Tamba border, there was no severe damage such as major embankment collapses. However, due to the flooding of the Yodo River, 27 houses were inundated at Yamagishi, and more than 30 chō of farmland was flooded. In the villages of Hatsukashi, Kuga, Yodo, and Kamitari, one-third of the farmland in each village was submerged.
**Damage in Uji District** In Uji District, in Uji Village at Gokashō, the inundated farmland measured 31 chō; 10 houses were flooded above floor level, and 3 houses were flooded beneath the floor. In the same village at Uji, flooded farmland measured 25 chō; in Daigo Village, 7 chō; and at Ishida, 18 chō. In the Yamashina area of the same district, fortunately the overflow from the canal was minimal, and the flooding of both the Yamashina and Anshu Rivers was not particularly severe, resulting in no damage comparable to previous years.
**Flood Damage in Hanase Village, Aichi District** In Hanase Village in northern Kyoto (Rakuhoku), the storm of August 30th created an extremely disastrous situation. At Bessho: 1 house inundated, 27 roads washed away or destroyed, 8 bridges washed away or destroyed. At Ōfuse: 1 house washed away, 12 houses inundated, 16 roads washed away or destroyed, 6 bridges washed away or destroyed. At Yamasu: 1 house washed away, 20 houses inundated, 18 roads washed away or destroyed, 3 bridges washed away or destroyed. At Harachi Shinden: 1 house washed away, 4 houses inundated, roads washed away or
**[Lower Section]**
destroyed at 13 locations, bridges washed away or destroyed at 5 locations. Throughout the entire village, washed-away and flooded farmland totaled more than 20 chō, and there were more than 50 landslides in the forested mountains. The police substation was flooded to 5 sun above floor level. The area known as Yimasu had been completely transformed into a wild river, reduced to an utterly unrecognizable state.
**◯Flood Damage in Soraku District** In the villages of Kizu, Soraku, Inada, Komada, Hōsono, Tanakura, Kōma, Kamikoma, and Kamo in Soraku District, 250 houses were flooded above floor level, and no fewer than approximately 300 houses experienced flooding beneath the floor. At Shikaseyama, 3 houses were washed away. In addition, nearly 300 houses were left tilting or partially collapsed. Flooded paddy fields amounted to 736 chō 5 tan and more, and flooded upland fields amounted to 543 chō 5 tan and more. On September 10th, the Kamo Embankment along the Kizu River collapsed for approximately 20 ken, resulting in 3 houses flooded above floor level, 18 houses flooded beneath the floor, and 2 houses washed away in the village. Due to the collapse of the Kamo embankment, Mr. Yamamuro Kume of the Kyoto Prefecture Civil Engineering Section went to the site together with the police sergeant of the Kizu Station and the Sakabe District Secretary. Although the district chief, Matsuno, was reportedly in Kyoto for medical treatment, the embankments along the Kizu River near Izumibashi Bridge and toward Kamo had many dangerous sections, and since the previous day some 370 to 380 firefighters had been mobilized day and night in defensive efforts. Should the embankment unfortunately collapse, the town of Kizu situated below it would be entirely submerged. Furthermore, the Nikai River, a tributary of the Kizu River flowing through the center of Kizu Town, had risen violently with each rainfall and flood since the previous day and was quite dangerous; fortunately, however, thanks to the defensive efforts, Kizu Town managed to remain safe. Among the other villages along the Kizu River in Soraku District, Hōsono Village was particularly at risk, and the Yamada River in Soraku Village, also a tributary of the Kizu River, rose dramatically, putting the village's embankments in serious danger for a time. While the population was in a state of great anxiety and both officials and civilians were working day and night in their defensive efforts, 19 cases of dysentery broke out in Yamadashō Village at Zakuro, 2 of whom died, and with new cases increasing daily, they were forced to deal simultaneously with flood prevention and disease prevention, compounding their difficulties.
In Tsuzuki District, in addition to Yawata Town, the villages of Mizu, Uchisato, and Ōsumi reported 6 collapsed houses and 2 completely destroyed storage sheds.