The quake in Kobe yesterday claimed at least 1709
lives and 6334 people were injured.
         Rescuers searched for 985 missing people,including
20 patients trapped in the debris of a collapsed Kobe hospital.
         There drivers were killed by the collapse of an elevated
highway just outside Kobe, and 10 trains were derailed.
         Nearly 10000 houses, buildings and other structures
were completely destronyed or partially damaged by the quake.