Fill in each blank with proper word. You can give the correct tenses of the verbs if necessary,
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Almost a hundred thousand people were (1)……….and half a million homes (2)……….. as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake (3)……………. a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were (4)…………… their midday meals. Thousands of stoves overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires (5) ........out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were (6) ……………from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety per cent of the damage was (7) ……………by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings. Most of those who,(8)…………...were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires, which followed. If the earthquake had (9)………… at night while people were (10)………..,far fewer would have died.