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(aged 55) and Shimizu Chie of the same neighborhood (aged 48) — five persons in total. Among them, Yasui Wae suffered serious injuries, while the other four sustained only minor injuries. Furthermore, in areas such as Ōaza Dobashi Shindō and Ōaza Sotobabachō, the ground was severely cracked, and the stone lanterns in every garden throughout the town were all knocked over — scarcely a single one remained standing undamaged. In particular, after the violent earthquake at 6:38 in the morning, there were sixteen small tremors until around 8:30 that evening, the longest lasting about three minutes and the shortest about one minute. As small tremors continued frequently after the violent shaking, the townspeople could not feel at ease for some time; they shut their doors and set up temporary shelters in nearby fields and open spaces. Some households — as few as one to three families — gathered together to take refuge, while many others erected tents on the Serikawa riverbank and riverbed to shelter from further earthquakes. That night, many people could not sleep, and it was essentially a sleepless night for all. The Hikone Police Station, Inukami District Office, and Town Hall dispatched officials from early morning to investigate the earthquake damage. The greatest losses from this disaster, apart from collapsed buildings, were suffered by crockery merchants, lamp shops, and Western liquor shops. Also, both the Ordinary Middle School and Hikone Elementary School were closed that day.
●Earthquake in Tsu City In Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, from the 27th of October the weather had been stormy with light rain and unusually high temperatures. On the following morning of the 28th, temperatures rose even further, and by daybreak it had become unseasonably warm, much like a spring day. Then, at 6 hours, 36 minutes, and 41 seconds in the morning, a great earthquake struck, continuing as a strong tremor until 6 hours, 48 minutes, and 5 seconds, after which it gradually subsided. At 7 hours, 53 minutes, and 20 seconds there was another strong tremor, and after that the shaking continued with almost no pause, appearing to come at intervals of roughly one to five minutes. Up until 9 hours, 26 minutes, and 23 seconds in the morning, there were four strong tremors, twenty-four weak tremors, and the minor tremors were too numerous to count. As a result, four houses were completely destroyed, one was half-destroyed, one person was injured, three chimneys collapsed, and damage to roads and walls was beyond counting. The embankment of the Kumozugawa River cracked for a length of about fifty ken, with the crack reaching a depth of over four jō. In Nakamurayama Village in the Ango District, a section of an embankment about ten ken long sank into the ground, while simultaneously a small hill suddenly appeared nearby. In general, the earthquake was certainly severe throughout the Nansei (southern Ise) region, but damage there was relatively light; the Hokusei (northern Ise) region suffered more severely, and places such as Yokkaichi and Kuwana were hit even harder. At the moment of peak intensity, the air was completely still, with the barometer reading 758 millimetres; as the tremors subsided, a west wind arose and at times became a gale, producing an eerie and frightening sky. After the great shaking, looking out over the sea, the horizon appeared to take on a reddish hue; the mountains of Owari and Mikawa lay dark and somber, their autumn colors dimmed; and looking far toward Nōshū (Mino Province), a single column of black smoke trailed along the clouds (the editor notes: this was likely the fires in Ōgaki, Gifu, and elsewhere), scattering eastward in continuous streams, still not ceasing even at nightfall. Furthermore, the day before, muddy water had erupted at a place called Hebikui in Sakura Village, Mie District, and a black current, for no apparent reason, had washed ashore along the coast of Tsu City —