Stock Photo - Jun. 06, 1964 - Earthquake Disaster In Niigata Japan: The city of Nigate is a blazing shambles after the severe earthquake which took place at 1.02pm on Tuesday isolating it fo the rest of Japan as railway lines buckled, and the runway of the airport partly disappeared, there is now water, electricity od sewerage remaining and thousands are homeless. The prt of Niigate, one of the Principal oil refining cities, suhfered a double catastrophy as oil tanks burst spreading blazing oil over hundreds of houses nearby, destroying 291 of them. The 90 oil tanks which went up in flames ciontained 400,000 kiloliters. So far 25 persons are known to have perihed, and several hundred injured. Nearly 2,000 houses wre desroyed, 30 being washed away in a tidal wave which followed the earthqiuake,m and more thabn 14,000 homes are flooded. Some of the 90 oil tanks containing 400,000 kiloliters of oil blaze and spread blazing oil to nearby houses disappear in minutes, 291 were burned out in this manner. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)