英語訳
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(Continued from the report from the Nagoya telegraph office to the Ministry of Communications)
Water levels have continued rising in recent days. More than half of the telegraph line between the Nagara River and the Ibi River has reached the waterline, and work has begun to raise the line. The section between Ōgaki and Takasu also reached the waterline and has finally become non-operational. In the Kitagata and Seki areas, all telegraph poles have been submerged, but communication has not yet been disrupted. Water continues to rise in all areas, with danger increasing steadily. Currently, all efforts are being devoted to preservation and rescue operations. (September 8, dispatched from Nagoya)
Water levels continue to rise everywhere, and the section between the Nagara River and the Ibi River has been completely submerged. Since the 9th, all efforts have been made to raise the lines, and this has mostly been accomplished, but one telegraph pole located at the site of a levee breach was lost to the current. During the repair work, a boat was swept up by the swift current and collided with a telegraph pole, immediately breaking apart. All the workers on board managed to reach shore, but one laborer is still missing. (Same as above)
The Kaji River levee between Nagoya and Tajimi has broken, and the surrounding area is flooded like a sea. Approximately forty telegraph poles are deeply submerged, with some completely underwater. (September 9, same as above)
The Sakai River between Ōbu and Kariya has overflowed, with approximately thirty telegraph poles deeply submerged. However, sufficient precautionary measures were taken, and all lines east of the local office are safe and functioning without fault. Flooding of telegraph poles in the Handa area is severe, but communication remains uninterrupted. Between Nagoya and Tsushima, the Shōnai River has flooded, causing telegraph poles to be submerged or washed away, resulting in service interruption. (September 10, same as above)
Aichi Prefecture Flood Damage: According to investigations conducted so far regarding flood damage since the 6th of this month, the figures are as follows: 20 dead, 10 injured, 397 homes completely destroyed, 153 washed away, 891 half-destroyed; 263 warehouses and other structures completely destroyed, 15 washed away, 157 half-destroyed; 63,556 homes flooded; 36 vessels washed away (sunken vessels still under investigation). The three counties of Aichi, Kaitō, and Higashi-Kasugai suffered the most damage. (September 15, 3:20 PM, dispatched by the Aichi Prefecture Governor)
Regarding the same matter, the flood damage report for Aichi Prefecture submitted by Kubota, a Councillor from the Ministry of Home Affairs sent as an inspector, is as follows:
◯ Levees: Breach length totaling 6,866 ken at 187 locations; damaged sections totaling 41,534 ken at 1,122 locations. ◯ Bridges lost or damaged: 175 locations. ◯ National road damage: over 18,090 ken in total length. ◯ Persons rescued: approximately 1,000.
◯ Detailed Report on the Storm in Aichi Prefecture
Wind Force and Direction: According to observations by the Nagoya Meteorological Observatory, from 8 PM on August 30th, strong winds from the south began, and from around 10 PM the winds reached gale force.
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At 11:15 PM, the winds reached their maximum intensity, recording a speed of sixty miles per hour. By 2 AM on the 31st, the winds had subsided to strong-wind level and gradually shifted to a southwesterly direction, with wind force steadily weakening, returning to complete calm by morning. The ferocity of the wind and rain during these four hours of gale-force winds was truly beyond description, and represented the greatest wind force recorded since the establishment of the meteorological observatory in Meiji 23 (1890).
Damage in Nagoya City: Given that the wind force was as described above, it goes without saying that the damage in both city and county was enormous. Since the relevant authorities are still conducting investigations, we will present only those figures that have already been confirmed: in Nagoya City, 39 homes completely destroyed, 39 homes half-destroyed, 3 Buddhist temples completely destroyed, 1 elementary school collapsed, 5 earthen storehouses and warehouses completely destroyed; and in addition, factory collapses, major and minor structural damage to homes, collapse of gates, fences, and walls, overturning of telegraph poles, and snapping of tall trees—all too numerous to enumerate individually. Even the barracks of the 4th Division suffered: beginning with the artillery vehicle depot and the ammunition repacking facility, over twenty buildings collapsed, and there was not a single remaining structure that escaped some degree of damage. However, it is said that within the city itself, casualties were limited to one man killed instantly and one man injured, with no other casualties reported.
Mitsui Silk Reeling Mill and the Cocoon Drying Company: At the Mitsui Silk Reeling Mill in Kinshiro Village, Nishi-Kasugai County, the female workers had been moved to a sturdy warehouse as a precautionary measure, but at around 10:30 PM that night, the cocoon bleaching factory suddenly collapsed, resulting in one laborer being killed instantly and three others sustaining minor injuries. At the Cocoon Drying Company in Nagoya City, one and a half drying houses and three warehouses collapsed, and the approximately 1,200 koku of cocoons in storage were completely soiled by wall plaster and dust; the total damage is expected to reach approximately 50,000 yen.
The heavy rainfall since the 6th was, even before the establishment of the Nagoya Meteorological Observatory, most likely the greatest flood since the Meiji 1 (1868) breach of Iruka Pond—a disaster unprecedented since that time. The total rainfall from the 6th to 9 AM on the 9th was 516 millimeters; this volume of water amounts to 9 koku, 6 to, 3 shō, and 2 gō per tsubo, equivalent to 44,118,000 koku across the area of Nagoya alone. Furthermore, rain continued to fall without pause after 9 AM on the 9th, and as a result, even within Nagoya City, in the Uemachi area... (continued on next page)