翻刻
根川之内御座候昨夜中より今九ッ時八ッ時頃
迄家作破損仕五六寸角之立柱四五尺廻り
之梁木敷居鴨居戸板貫桁家根ヲ吹取
時々青簏其外重箱臼杵桶鉢之類
松杉五六尺ゟ壱丈位迄折枝もすりむけ
本末共に佐々ら之如相成川中ニ六七拾間
之間一盃ニ而通船難成程夥敷流申候処
員黒之泥水流来リ三四尺相流申候男
女出家溺死之者是迄六拾人馬七八疋川縁ヲ
流申候川中之義者何程流候哉相知不申
右ニ付乗船仕見候処破レ候鞍に上州群馬郡
川嶋村と書付有之右権現堂河岸へ掛置
上州藤之木川岸と申所之船之者iニ承り候得
共川嶋と申は湯次場足有伊香保ゟ弐拾丁
程奥之由急度申聞候右泥水故哉鯉鯰
鱣抔水ニ浮上リ川之岸へ寄夥敷水死ニ相成
申候右先達而御触も御座候ニ付大変之義故
宿次ヲ以テ奉申上候已上
日光道中幸手宿
問屋 文右衛門
七月九日
現代語訳
根川の内にございます。昨夜中から今朝九つ時八つ時頃まで、家屋が破損いたし、五六寸角の立柱、四五尺回りの梁木、敷居、鴨居、戸板、貫、桁、屋根を吹き取り、時々青竹、その外重箱、臼、杵、桶、鉢の類、松杉は五六尺から一丈位まで、折れた枝もすり剥け、根元も先端も笹のようになって、川中に六七十間の間一面に船の通行が困難なほど夥しく流れ申したところ、真っ黒の泥水が流れ来て三四尺流れ申しました。男女出家で溺死の者これまで六十人、馬七八匹が川縁を流れ申しました。川中のことは何ほど流れたか分かりません。
これについて乗船して見たところ、破れた鞍に「上州群馬郡川島村」と書付があり、これを権現堂河岸へ掛けて置きました。上州藤之木川岸と申す所の船の者に聞いたところ、川島と申すのは湯治場が近くにあり伊香保から二十丁ほど奥の由、確かに申し聞かせました。この泥水のせいか、鯉、鯰、鱧などが水に浮き上がり、川の岸へ寄って夥しく水死になりました。先だって御触れもございましたが、大変な事態故、宿次を以て申し上げます。以上
日光道中幸手宿
問屋 文右衛門
七月九日
英語訳
...within the Tone River. From last night until around the 9th and 8th hour this morning, buildings were damaged, with 5-6 sun square pillars, beams of 4-5 shaku circumference, sills, lintels, door boards, connecting beams, girders, and roofs being blown away. Occasionally bamboo tubes, as well as stacked boxes, mortars, pestles, buckets, bowls and such items, and pine and cedar trees from 5-6 shaku to about 1 jō in height had their branches broken and scraped, with both roots and tips becoming like bamboo grass, flowing so abundantly in the river for a span of 60-70 ken that boat passage became difficult. Then black muddy water came flowing, running 3-4 shaku deep. Men, women, and monks who drowned numbered 60 people so far, and 7-8 horses flowed along the riverbank. We do not know how many flowed in the middle of the river.
Regarding this, when we went by boat to observe, we found a broken saddle with "Jōshū Gunma-gun Kawashima Village" written on it, which we placed at Gongendō riverbank. When we inquired with boatmen from a place called Jōshū Fujinoki riverbank, they confirmed that Kawashima is a place with hot spring resorts nearby, about 20 chō inland from Ikaho. Perhaps due to this muddy water, carp, catfish, conger eels and such floated up in the water and gathered at the riverbank, dying in great numbers. As there was a previous official notice about this, and because this is a major disaster, we respectfully report this through the post station relay system.
Nikkō Highway Satte Post Station
Station Master Bunemon
July 9th