Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-18
RECENT
FRISCO QUAKE
Official Advice is
Received From
Kingston
CONFIRMING DESTRUCTION
Aid Is Being Rushed To
Sufferers.-U. S. Warships
Have Arrived.

New York, n. Y, January 1S.-
The direct advices of the Associated
Press from Kingston under date OF
January 10th, which were received
early today state that the disaster
there is fully as great as the San
Francisco and Valparaiso calamities
Thousands of persons it was then
believed, had been killed, as the dead
were being recovered from the ruins
by the hundreds. A number of Amer
leans were also among the killed, The
city is in ruins but shipping in the
harbor is safe and aboard these YES
sells, the wounded is being cared for
The dispatch also stated that the to-
Biography of the country was changed
as result of the earth disturbance
and that the channel into Kingston
harbor has been materially altered.
The body of Sir James Ferguson was
found and buried the day the dispatch
was sent. A number of shocks have
occurred since the first disastrous one
and the people are in a constant state
Of terror
Worst in $50 Years.
London, Jan. 1S.~A special from
Kingston dated the 18th says: The
recent earthquake was more serious
than any which has occurred on the
ISLAND of Jamaica for over two hun
dred and fifty years. The first shock
was followed by fifteen minor shocks.
Wooden structures stood well but all
the brick houses collapsed within a
radius of six miles. There was no
tidal wave. The coast defenses at
Port Royal were destroyed and the
palisades We're broken through.
Black mud is coming to the surface
of the sea. The conduct of all class
es is admirable, but it is hoped that
Che British cruiser interchangeable will
soon arrive with marines.
Relief Ships Reach Kingston.
New York, N. Y, Jan. 1S,-The lat
est official news from the Kingston
disaster havo reached this city from
Cuba, through Admiral
Evans, who has received from Admiral
Davis, who was sent to Kingston up
on the torpedo boat Whipple, this
brief wireless report.
THE battleships Missouri and In
diana anchored at Kingston at $50
O'clock this morning. Kingston is
almost totally destroyed. AT least
four hundred people were killed and
about five hundred were injured. The
city is now quiet"
The foregoing dispatch was sent
Thursday morning The Whipple
started to return to Guantanamo yes
ierday with a full report of the situa-
ton and should have reached the
naval base sometime during
last night.
Wireless Message Gives Some Details.
Cape Henry, Jan. 1S-The wireless
station received the following mes
sage shortly after midnight, the Mes
sage coming from Guantanamo, Cuba:
Have overheard by wireless tele-
graph from the steamer Colon that
the school house at Kingston fell at
the first shock, killing ninety children.
The city of Kingston is in bad shape
and the ruins are still smouldering
with about 500 reported killed. The
channel of the harbor of Kingston
has shifted This cannot be vouched
for. The battleships Missouri and In
llama entered the harbor safely.
Another Relief Ship Arrives.
Washington, d. G., Jan. PA wire
ess message from Admiral Evans re-
oeived at the Navy Yard early today
states the United States Steamship
Yangton arrived at Kingston at mid
night with further medical supplies
Ind two Associated Press reporters on
BOARD.
Evans Reports to Washington.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 1S.-The wireless
station at CapesHenry today received
IN official message from Rear Admiral
Evans and in turn sent a message
from Washington to Admiral Evans,
but the wireless people declined to
give out anything, declaring that
both messages were official.
Seismic Disturbance In Italy.
Udine, Italy, Jan. 1S.-A severe un-
1ulatory earthquake sock was felt at
rolmezzo, twenty-nine miles from