Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-18
Today's Telegraphic News
CONDITIONS ~ KINGSTON.

Holland Bay, Jamaica, Jan Is
Hungry loosefs invaded the stricken city
Of Kingston. late last night and were
fired upon by the provost guard. Ii is
not believed, however, that any enc was
hurt, as tha soldiers did not shoot to
kill The hooters we're hungry tlves
seeking food. They made no a isnpt
TO take yalusbles or rob any part q pr,
yale residences, save the kitchens and
psnlries.
An example vas made of a Chinese
grocerymsn, late last night, when be
boosted the price OF his goods to exOrbi.
tant figures. His whole stock was seized
and confscated.
The burial squad. reported to Cover
nor swettenham early today that nearly
five hundred dead bodies baye been ia
TERED.
There has been a complete. and, IL 10
hoped, permanent cessation of the scis-
mic shocks, which have continued, with
greater or less intensity, since last Mon
day up 10 yesterday morning. The
weather continues fine. and today Gov
ernor Swettenhan called on able bodied
white men TO aid 10 the work Of rescue
or restoration.
Early today number of the most
dangerous wrecks from which all the in
ured and dead had been removed
we're dynamited. All over the city tot
| teriug walls arc being pulled down, and
it is expected that the streets will soon
be safe.
1t is now certain that the list of Ameri-
cans killed 10 Mondays disaster will be
much greater than FIRST believed. Several
bodies buried yesterday aud supposed to
have been those of English people are
now thought to have been those OF
Americans. So far only eight Ameri-
cans have been reported missing 10 Gov
ernor Swettenham, but no attempt has
been made yet to check mp the list OF
dead and missing. The Myrtle Bank
Hotel, q favotits resort of American
tourists, was completely razed. The
debris has not yet Been fully explored.
A conut today shows that thirty lve out
of fifty five employees of at5uri5t bureau
arc among the dead
Kingston is still 10 danger OF linking
Into the sea. Measurements today show
that the sea is steadily encroaching. The
water has advanced several feet since
yesterday. The entire shore line has
been changed. Soundings slow that
The entire harbor floor has been altered.
Great fs1re', starring at the water 8
edge, run back inland and are many feet
in depth. There have been several
slight "slides' along the sea shore
today.
Havans, Jan. lS.--A great section Of
the Kingston water front has slipped
into the bay, according to cablegram
received here today. The private dis
patch is confirmed by a wireless message
from Admiral Evans flashed TO the cruis-
or Columbia here. The message SAYS
the tidal wave, reported exclusively 10
the Publishers Press dispatches of yes
terdiy, has changed the entire coast line
Of Jamsics, leaving the entire south side
of Kingston and the site Of the old city
OF Port Royal under water. According
to the dispatch from Admiral Evans the
entire harbor of Kingston has been de-
stroyed.
Kingston Via Holland Bay, Ian. Is.
The fear that the worst has not yet
come is again prevalent 10 the city this
afternoon. The steady crnmbling away
Of the shores of the hsrbor and the
d s:ruction going on along the water
front, has intensified the dread that the
city is about to suffer the fate of its
predecessor. Port Royal, and go to the
bottom OF the sea.