Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

public to the extent of this blow to
their favorite colony. Sir Alfred Is
among the most trustworthy figures in
the commercial world.
Dispatches Give Vivid Picture
other delayed dispatches are now
flltering into business houses and give
laconic details of the terrible situation
at Kingston and others add to the vivid
picture of the upheaval, showing the
appalling results of the earthquake,
hotels, piers and warehouses being in
stantly destroyed, while the people
were engaged in recreations or were
attending to business.
A dispatch from Holland bay, dated
January 10, says that the first earth
quake at Kingston, which occurred at
1886 p. M, January IA, did all the dam
age, the subsequent lesser shocks hav-
ing little effect.
Fires spread in three directions,
famed by a strong wind, and the fire.
men were handicapped in consequence
of the absence of water. The dispatch,
after confirming the reports that hun
dreds were killed, burned to death or
injured, says that at least from 30 to 40
persons were killed as a result of the
collapse of the Myrtlebank hotel.
Entire Commercial Section Wrecked
The devastated region stretches
from the wharves in the south part of
the city to the race course in the north,
to the customs house in the west and
to Fleet street in the east, containing
all the principal stores, banks and gov
ernment offices, all of which were
wrecked, most of them being leveled to
the ground.
The sender of the above dispatch does
not mention any looting or violence, ex-
cept in the case of a few rum shops,
which were invaded by negroes.
The reports received here from ST.
Thomas direct estimate the deaths at
Kingston at about 1000 killed, 5000
homeless and place the damage at
10000, 900.
Concerning the loss, while the fire
insurance companies here repudiate all
liability under the earthquake clause
in the policies the marine insurance So
cieties are likely to be pretty hard suf-
ferers, the risk of fire to merchandise,
wharves and warehouses having been
largely carried by those companies of
recent years, and their policies do not
appear to include a clause exempting
them from the results of earthquake.
Governor to Conduct Relief
Owne Cosby Philips, NJ p, chairman
of the Royal Mail Steam Packet COM
pany, after long conference at the
colonial office this morning regarding
the immediate measures to be taken for
the relief of the earthquake sufferers,
cabled to the company's agency in New
York as follows:
"Relief measures should be carried
out only through and under the sane
ton of the governor of Jamaica, who
is the best judge of the extent of the
distress and the best measures to be
taken for alleviating it and who will
in any case bear the responsibility.
Sir Alfred Jones, Jesse Ceilings, NJ.
P, and several other members of Sir
Alfred's party, had remarkable escapes
from being buried in the ruins of the
Myrtlebanll hotel.
According to a dispatch received from
Holland Bay this morning after
luncheon at the hotel, Sir Alfred, Mr..
Ceilings and others went out on the
pier at the waterfront and amused
themselves by tossing coins into the
water for the negro divers.
The visitors had just left the pier,
on their way back to the hotel, when,
as they reached the hotel lawn the
earthquake came and the hotel toppled
over in ruins around the travellers. The
pier, which they had just left, also was
destroyed.