A preliminary estimate of casualties in the great earthquake (TIME, Sept. 10 et seq.), the first that can be called authentic, was published:
Killed 99,331
Wounded 103,733
Missing 43,476
Total ........................................................ 246,540
Houses totally destroyed:
By fire .................................................. 447,128
By collapse .......................................... 128,266
By tidal waves .................................... 868
Total .................................................. 576,262
Houses partially destroyed .................... 126,233
Grand total ........................................ 702,495
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