Tidal Wave -- Fire sweeps through Shingu Wakayama Prefecture, southern Japan, after the devastating ***** and tidal wave, Dec. 21. Residents of the small seacoast ***** crowd the beach (foreground) with what possessions they were ***** save. Fire sweeps through Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture, southern Japan, after the devastating earthquake and tidal wave on December 21. In the foreground, residents of the town, crowd to the beach with what possessions they were able to save. December 01, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).