1.
AIR VIEW WRECKED HOUSES
0.05

2.
MLV SOLDIERS CLEARING WRECKAGE
0.07

3.
CU CLOSK
0.09

4.
CU CHILD'S DOLL
0.11

5.
MV SOLDIER PUSHES WALLS OF HOUSE
0.14

6.
MLV MEN HEAVE ON ROPE - PAN DOWN TO RUBBLE
0.18

7.
CU MAN DIGS IN RUBBLE
0.24

8.
MV BODY ON STRETCHER COVERED OVER
0.28

9.
MCU PEOPLE ROUND BODY
0.31

10.
MLV STRETCHER CARRIED TO AMBULANCE
0.38

11.
MLV AMBULANCE PAST CAMERA
0.43

12.
MLV RELATIVES IDENTIFY BODIES IN HOSPITAL
0.47

13.
MV WEEPING WOMEN ENTER HOSPITAL
0.53

14.
CU WEEPING WOMAN
0.58

15.
CU TWO WEEPING WOMEN
1.00

16.
MV GROUP AROUND COFFIN
1.06



Initials JRG/S/BHH/OS JR/S/BHH/PC



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Background: A GIANT DUMP OF MUD AND COAL CINDERS, LOOSENED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN, COLLAPSED DOWN A HILLSIDE AND ONTO A NEW HOUSING ESTATE AT KAWASAKI NEAR TOKYO ON SUNDAY, KILLING 24 PEOPLE.

MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN THE MOUND COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING AND TUMBLED ONTO 15 HOUSES. THE HOUSES, MADE OF WOOD, COLLAPSED UNDER THE IMPACT OF WERE KNOCKED FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS.

FIFTY-SEVEN PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED UNDER THE DEBRIS BUT MORE THAN 1000 RESCUE WORKERS AND MEN OF THE SELF DEFENCE FORCES DUG THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND NEXT DAY TO FREE 32 OF THEM.

THE MOUND AMOUNTED TO 3000 TONS OF CINDERS DEPOSITED THERE BY AN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY. (ACCIDENTS BY LANDSLIDE ARE COMMON IN JAPAN DURING THE RAIN SEASON. THEY OCCUR PARTICULARLY IN MOUNTAIN AREAS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN MUCH SPECULATIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT RECENTLY ON HILLSIDES. THE QUESTION IS NOW BEING ASKED WHY THE AUTHORITIES CAME TO ALLOW DEPOSITS TO BE DUMPED IN THIS AREA.)