Woman killed in Hiroshima in powerful earthquake

HIROSHIMA, Japan - An 80-year-old woman in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, is killed in a powerful earthquake jolting a wide area of western Japan on March 24. Tomoe Yamasaki was killed at her home when a concrete fence collapsed. In Hojo, Ehime Prefecture, a 50-year-old housewife was killed by a falling chunk of concrete on the balcony of an apartment.

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