Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-22
ZOO PEOPLE KILLED
/ IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Over Four Hundred Bodies Have
Been Buried.
,aenAIm,No BODIES cREMATEo

give Hundred Persons Are Still Under
Treatment In the HospitaIs-seweral
shceks Of Earthquake Felt Friday
hishs-work Of Clearing the Thor
ouahssrss Of Debris 10 Being Push
ed Forward. Water supply 10 I'm
croved, but Food Is Scarce and the
Price Exorbitant-esttIeshIp Over
swcs conviets-Msny Persons Rem
<lsred insane by the pissster-Port
royal Again Sinks and eeyssrs Are
sprinsins up In the Streets.
Kingston. jamaica, Jan. 2l.-The
United States wars1ips Indiana and
missouri arrived Saturday morning
from Guantanamo, bringing large
'ouantities OF medicine and food. The
ferpsdo destroyer Whipple arrived
during the night with a boatload Of
medicine which was sent ashore In
charge of Surgeon Mcdonald. The
cruiser Yankton Is expected TO ar
rive here soon. Many Of the Ameri-
cans who were in Kingston at the
dine OF the disaster have been taken
aboard the warship. They intended
20 take passage for The United States
or board the Hamburg American
steamer PrinE Eitel Frederick, but
4hat vessel ran ashore near the wreck
:<of the steamer Prinzessin Luise last
rixht. The Plum Point light house
was smashed By the earthquake and
vessels arriving at night have no
lights TO steer BY. The steamer
Prinz Waldo is also hard ashore. The
mrecker Premier has gone 10 the aid
OF the stranded vessel.
several shocks OF earthquake were
felt Friday night. -Four hundred ana
ewensy dead were buried up to Fri
.fsy night. The remaining bodies are
being cremated.
The list OF dead, II is now believed 4,
VIII De ABOUT dVO.
The work Of clearing the streets OF
febrIs il being pushed. Dynamite
A. being used TO blow some OF the
ruins to pieces. The people here
greatly appreciate the action Of the
American government in sending war
ships and supplies. The waller sup
ply has been improved. but food Is
very scarce, and the price therefor
exorbitant.
A remarkable incident Of the earth =
quake has Just come TO light. An
English clerk in a store was buried
under the fallen walls following the
earthquake OF Monday and over this
fOr many hours, great fires swept.
"wednesday the clerk was dug ou'
alive: His injuries are not severe
Five hundred persons are still un'
der treatment In the hospitals. Nc
Americans lost their lives in the dis
aSter.
New York. Jan. 2I.-A Kingston,
Jamaica. dispatch TO the Herald states
chat the bR.tleship Missouri. lying of
ere Penitentiary. Overawed the un'
Suly convicts by firing Two rounds
OF blank cartridges and landing al
armed party. The help was thank
fully received by the government.
The Heralds correspondent reports
that the inmates OF the insane asylum
ere al large but he sayS that in,th'
present state Of mind nearly all King
sion is crazed. Many persons were
rendered insane by the shock OF tn
disaster. the most notable being Ger
aid Lowder, we'll known in London.
A dispatch to the sun from Hol
land Bay, jamaica. says great suf
fering exists among the poor Of ia
naica. A delegation of 80 sufferer
appealed 20 the governor for the tn
systematic dis. rIbution Of relief. Tn
spokesman said many were dying O
neglect. He charged that those wit
money had been supplied with foo
and medicine.
PORT Royal has again sunk. an
gsysers are springing up in tn
streets. The land has now subslde
Height feet
*I%<Fiesn consulate was wreck
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