성난 군중들은 매점매석으로 쌀값을 올린 상인들과 지주들을 공격하였고, 고베에서는 유통재벌 스즈키 본점 건물이 불타기도 하였다.
Angry crowds attacked merchants and landowners who had raised the prices of rice by cornering the market, and in Kobe, the main building of the retail giant Suzuki was burnt down.