In Japan – two tsunamis, a century apart
Effects of the earthquake wave at Kamaishi, Japan, June 15, 1896. Published in the Sept. 1896 issue of National Geographic magazine. (Photo: Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore)
Author Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore wrote an article about a powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami the hit the northeast coast of Japan. This great tragedy, however, happened in 1896. Anchor Lisa Mullins has more.
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Other Photos from Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
In Japan one sees thousands of these bright-faced flower-kimonoed little children among the blossoms of the garden, and feels that they live the spirit of their clothes and of the flowers. (Photo: Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore)
The evening shadows deepen as a worker in the rice fields wends his way homeward after a strenuous day. He must work throughout his life for the bare boon of existence, for his "hire" is but a pittance.(Photo: Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore)
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