Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-18
Tourist. Among the Dead.

London, Jan. 1S.--According to fur
ther dispatches received here from Ja-
maica, dated Thursday, the total list OF
dead at Kingston Is expected to APP
proach 1000. Many bodies in state OF
decomposition had to be buried.
Fortunately the water supply is hold
ing out. The American battleshps
Missouri and Indiana. have arrived in
the harbor. IL
Thirty-five out of total of fifty
five members in tourist company
were killed.
The Plum and Port Royal lighthouses
are both at the bottom OF the harbor.
The navigation channel has materially
changed and in some places the depth
of the harbor has been altered by from
forty to sixty feet 1t is reported thai
the Hamburg American steamer Prinz
waldemar, which reached Kingston
from New York, January 8, is ashore
at Plum Point.
The colonial office has received ca
blegram from Sir Alexander Swetten-
ham, the governor of Jamaica. 1t Is
without date and runs as follows:
Continuing my previous telegram
the subject Of the earthquake. The
evil effects have been confined al
most to three parishes Of the island,
namely, Kingston. Port Royal and ST,
Andrew. The fire at Kingston has
practically ceased; only coal and rub
bish are now burning. The district
burned comprises triangular area be-
tween the parade gardens, the sea,
Duke street and Princess street. The
parish church forms the apex of this
triangle, which comprises about one
thirtieth part of the town. The
wharves burned are George & Branday
& Malabre, Haggatt Lions, Solomons,
De Meroadc. Henriques, and one, not
both of the Royal Steam Packet COM
pany's wharves.
"There are some bodies covered with
ruins The burials at noon this day
comprise 343. The persons admitted
to Kingston total 440. excluding some
sixty cases sent to Spanishtown from
Kingston for treatment.
"The population generally is encamp-
ed on the parade grounds, the race
course and the open spaces. 1t is re-
luctant to return to it's ruin during the
fine weather
"The usual provision shops are in the
burned area and there is consequently
difficulty in buying provisions. I am
arranging for sales temporarily, and
for the transfer Of persons to other
parishes There was some pilfering
Wednesday night from shops that were
deserted. The population is wonderful
ly patient, but listless.
tho kil1ad oro Ta,naS
Ferguson, j. w. Middleton, A. NJ. Ma
than, Edwin Cordova. j. R. Mu-
don, j. A. Payne, DR.. C. r. Gibb, G. vs.
Bradley, Beverly; w. George Brows,
Charles Sherlockemer Captain Con-
stance and Miss Locket.
Great assistance has been given by
Sir Alfred Jones, who converted the
steamer Port Kingston into tempo
rary hospital and refuge; by doctors
and firemen from Spanishtown, and by
the commander of the troops who
supplied men to assist in keeping order
and to patrol
The direct line cable is broken three
miles off the coast. Both the telegraph
offices are burned.
The business section of the city has
been wiped out and the estimates of
the damage range from $10,0OO,00O to
$4,000, 600.
Among the dead and injured are a
number of prominent English persons
and almost every dispatch adds a new
name to this list Eight Americans are
recorded as missing and it is said that
many tourists undoubtedly were crush
ed by falling walls in the shopping dis
trict.
The ships in the harbor are crowded
with injured people and the death list
is being increased daily Cnrnses lie in