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Evening sentinel, Wednesday, September 26, 1923 · page 9

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QUAKE AND SEA. 'l‘lua' Li!"'?f(' (.f desolation was taken in Yokohama lmrbor during the l."132' quakes iluz‘ r.»

 

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. l: 2* w I 'l'wk‘io am"- Volrohamri, lcvciul 316,000 homes, made wnmlcrcrs of 1.356.000 pcrsons. and took more. than lll‘U‘ “l lives. The :lwbris is that of a
' lw M i": duh/~11 u? the .‘u‘atl oi one of t'ic harbor slips, “'lllk'l' first were slialu'n by the quakes. um] thvn i N1). limit-ll l; 1i. bl iauxo.
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conic island of Oshima sank beneath t he sea ami the quakes, a huge tidal wave swept in upon 4

, .mm. rocking ships, draping the piers with careening autos, and causing tyharvqs, docks a nd loading stations to Collapse“ Later half a million
’ww-vl from their hillside tanks, fired the City and harbor. .

 

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Summit Avenue Bantams

nue. has completed pinns or a bun-
galow or seven rooms at Summit
avenue. The contract has not yet
been awarded.

Mandolin; House
Geo. Clevelnnd. Silvermine nve-
nue. hu owuded to Hurry Hend-
rick. the contract for remodeling
his residence. the cost to be $3.000.

 

 

Plans Store Alta-lions

The N. E. Rnn Co.. indies' fur-
nishinds store. to Washington
street. hive approved the plan.- or
Architect H. A. Mother {or altern-
tiono to their otore. The changes
will be new plate [Inn with copper
nnlsh sud tile entrance. the work
to be done by George Sendai-spree.

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Planks-u nan-ca
Phantom has but! flat-h“. .3

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Henry L. Moeller. 19 Li coin ave;

ton nvenuoj 'l'he dwelling will have
all modern llnprovemeals. and the
R. H: Fuller Construction Co. are
the general contractors.
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Sub-Chutrncts Awarded

The R. H. Fuller Coustrtfction Co..
genenl contractors for the Gilbert
& Bennett hug. Co for thou-action
or six two-tnmily houses at George-
town. have sublet the following can-
tracts: City Lumber Co.. Bridgeport,
lumber: Henry Fabri'zio. mason
work. The work is advancing rapid-
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Plumbing Contact Awarded
Entry Nathan has been awarded
theeantmct tor plumbin: for Her-
man acumen-ling tor the erection pt
I ill-room dwelling with all modern
unproven-en .

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Mnneld street. 83.000.
H. Schimerling, house and 33.
rage. Gregory Boulevard. $7,500.
John Mose. frame
Hill road. $1.000.
Madeline ,Tucci.
Avenue A. 89,000.
M. Van Court. garage,
mouth avenue. 8300.

3-iamiiy houee

riett street. 8 5. 5 00."

Harriett street. 81.5 0.
Mary H. Flint. garage.
avenueussoo. _ . . ,
John Knapp Est... rennin. 244
Flux Hill road. $200. ‘ .
John Warren. storehouse. 30 Myr-
tle avenue. 8450. A '
Reed Havilnnd. store front.
Washington street. 82.000.
Nor-walk LumberA Co.. . shed for
storage, Harbor avenue: 810,000.

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Prank W. Shepard, mo. 24
“Misti-act. 3250, ‘ a , .
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garage. Dry

:9 Ply-
L, B. Mellor, frame house, Har-
Chas. Dewellusnra e and cellar, 8

N ewtown

land avenue. 3 :50.

A. B. Hull.
street. $350.‘

Summit avenue. 86
Geo. Cleveland.
Silvermine avenue.
Plumbing

Mary

Nathan.

S Lester Rose!!-
J. J. Newman.

H. E. Smimv ,
Irving Albrecht.
B. 311.89“; “ ‘
Cnth Meal-nth.
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garage.

Stunt. Summit avenue.

Hr. fisM'fSellect ovenuo.

Catherine

. Andrew Hadas .two—t’amily Nell-
mg, Flag Hill road.

Henry L. Moeller. frame dwelling.

89.000.

.000.
remodel
$2.000.
Permits

house.

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.‘ruurcw Rochonlky’ o mm m“
A. Meier. 29 Woodward sienna.

Frank Sturdemnt, Edna avenue.

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Remarkable Pictures oi Japan Earthquake; First to Arrive Here; Extraordinary View oi mum in Action

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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AN EARTHQUAKE ACTUALLY QUAKI‘NG. bike a living page tyrn from the wreck - \
world is this photograph, only existing picture of an earthquake in action, which tss taken In,
kohsma harbor from the Steamship Empress of Austrél' by its purser. Buildings and decks
shown crashing and slipping into a sea swelled by miglgy tidal waves while a forlorn little 1'
panic-struck refugees runs frantically. for cover. This was one of the more than 1,000 t». ,
that in quick succession followed the most disastrous one. The buildings which are show?
lapsing under the stress of the upheaval were engulfed in the great tidal wave that foil wed fl. .'
wake of the quake. Few of the victims cmfiht in this combined collapse of the land . u . - .
and flood escaped. The general level of Yokohama is reported to have sunk more than thro. .
while the bottom of the harbor dropped even to a greater extent.

 

 

SAFE ON BOARD THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA. Passengers and refugees on deck" .
steamship view waste that was Yokohama whil: other refugees and workers strive to save
haven. a collapsing pier. from the sea. When this picture was taken, Yokohama was burning ,
the dead were piled in the streets to the number of 80,000. according to latest estimates. Two
dred foreigners were victims. Note how the in! v cs tossed the sutos onto the brink of the sea.

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Connecticut nvcnuc. [of bands seem to select the I”
A man went to police licquuart‘ lConneclicut avenue u ‘ M. “E"
lore Monday and told how one of the place and “"‘rk around m ththllfa".

ioua cities in this vicinity. It

12:. psics had ofrcrcd to tell bin for—
stated at police headquarter.

‘tunc. She requested tim to lay $10

 

 

;l.‘l licr l‘ HM] and men $10 mare and lthoy would be asked to NOV. on
1 ms: 55. r‘ ch lime that he laid a mu .‘M! M ”“0" would be m“ ‘°
lli) ltcr liull'l she told him a littls “my more bands from camp");

 

THEM THEY?
BE WEALTEY i mm or his fortune. when she root-iv-

ied the $2:.. she stepped behind a'cur-lI . vcpnml Motors “ml.
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5‘ bunch of green papers in the 1"“ General Motors has been out '
p m" . ~ .. ... i . ~ ‘ .ihc lll'm features of the mus-loch
But One Man Ixust $40!:f‘1 Sgah‘gmtlhdqthz‘u: éiésdmf’u“? 2:; Elm: the week. selling of! only .
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,1 _ ' . ‘ g . ' ‘ uonally in a generally declinlnt »
J. n q Anothgf S 3 5 l Bisou‘mi be hgt a fortune and Inc to be i hot {or “must...“ securities. in
HaVlng 'I‘nell.» For- 393“ °‘ ' some sharp losses have been

) . Another man “‘9‘"th ”‘3‘ one tered in the motor division. .‘

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tune Told, l olzce arc mm- to his house and naked to m" 3...... for m. strenxth a. —
Told

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is fortune and picked 835 out of his oral Motors appears to be
ockct. One of the “omen and :1 around the ratification filth:

hey were brought to ht'a‘lfiuafl"rstrhe stock is viewed as s - . 9‘"
Several complaints have been r(:- '0“ this complaint. but ”‘9 "‘5‘" :lnvcstrncnt and the bmwm‘ (:-
och-ed at police headquarters about 00“” not identify them. Ethat investment becoming even i“
a band or gypslcs that are camping These are not the only complaintslraluable oh the outlook forth J",
across the road from Roam inn invthat have been received. A number party {or the next twelve'mltfi.‘*-'*

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