The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-25
Kingston, Jamaica, Destroyed
by Terrible Earthquake.
HAVOC .HA AND HORROR.
Co1seasos OF Report Is to the Effect
z That the Death List ls Enormous,
and That Flames Added TO
Devastating Work of
Seismic Shake.

The city Of Kingston on the island
I of Jamaica, which had population OF
5 about fif5y Thousand people, one half
of whom were oolored, was devastated
I on Monday morning Of last week by .
tersible rthquake, which waa follow
cd by destructive fire, IN which
scores of people were roasted alive.
A dispatch ssys one terrific st ock
that sent buildings tumbling Into
piles OF blazing ruins, crushing men,
women and children to death, coming
without an iDst&nt's warming, deStroy.
cd a great part Of the city Of KING.
ston, Jamaica.
From 100 to LOCO persons, acc ,rd.
Ing TO varying reports, are dead In
the Kuins. Scores, trapped In the
debris, were roasted to death In the
flames that swept over tho ruined
oity.
-Four more shocks quickly followed
the first, and then came q trembling
OF the earth that gradually subaided,
but the great destruction had been
caused by the hrst shook.
Panic came on the heels Of the
earthquake crash. Mobs, frepzied by
fear, rushed through the shaking
streets for the suburbs, unheeuirg
the cries Of anguish and appeals for
help from those crushed and dying In
the blazing ruins.
The military hospital was among
the buildings that went down with a
crash. More than thirty sOldlers weIe
hI1rin6 I'm thn nd
to death In the fire that Was socn
spreading through the city.
The greatest dcslruotion occurred
In the busineRB section OF the CITY, the
central part whore business houses
and dwellings, alike fell into piles.
AS tho greater part of the buildings
CT the oity were wooden, the hIo
spread with incredible rapidity. The
fire department. Was demoral,zed anL
for time uaeless. In o short time
bands Of robbers were at work, and,
with the flames roaring around then,
4 ,hRg an ut llssgtE z ASgrsG ID huildipgs q, q
y numes roinsNhioh the occupants had
fled. -
The negro population ADDED TO the
Wlldnoss of the scene, % thev seemed
ofazed With fear and rushed to and
ITO, screaming frantioslly and hinder
ing 6hose who had recovered thei c
Wits and sought to aid the injured.
Many had died in the crush of ii o
oumbling walls, and many others ws ra
Killed by being caught In the tang lie
OF live electric wires.
a dtspa'c Oh from Kingston on Wed
nosday said the oi0y was still a smoul.
dering fire. Every where tho wounded
are lying In agony. The estimates OF
ohe dead are varying and as high as
i,OOO. In the frenzy that follow. d
the horror. the survivors were crfZ q
Wldh fear. The soldiers had to bsAt
Ghe delirious mobs with the butts Ct
Gheif guns to restore q Bemblanoe OF
order.
Thieves organized into large bands
ana In lootinR the principal residences,
resisted the police and troops. Groups
OF marauders were shot down by Vol
loys from the military. Many aots,'ot
Ghriil'ng ,heroiBm marked tho regoues.
Scores OF women and children ware
dragged from burning timbers under
which they were pinned.
The stencil ID described as awful.
There Is no fodder for animals and
; famine Ia imminent. Money Ia us,.
loss. The banks have boen burnsd d
but the vaults are supposed TO be safo
The mi6ery on all sideg is inde
gcflble Rloh and poor alike are
homeless. Provisions OF all kinds are
urgently needed 1t ia impossible 10
Say Whore anybody osn be found.
Sir james Ferguson. vice ohairm2n
OF the Royal Mail Steamship OoA
\ pany, Ia among the killed. The loss
joi life Ii very great, but the exact
numbers are not yet known.
The dead are buried under the
smouldering ruins. The mercantile
community suffered most severely,
warehouses falling upon them. Mary
professional mon are dead or injur, i.
The negroes are lootlng. Ghastly
Bcenes are beirg witnessed. All tn,
Bhops have been destroyed, and all the
buildings In and around Kingston are
ln ruins. Very few Of them are safe
TO live In.
TO Blow Up School.
With dynamite two young foys