Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-18

do rot appear to include an can hquake
clause. v II
Owen Crosby Phillips. VI. F.. chairman
of the Royal Mail steam Packet Co.. at
ter long conference with the colonial
office officials this morning regarding the
immediate measures to be taken for the
relief of the earthqua Ike sufferers. cabled
to the company's agency III New York
az follows:
'Rclef measures shoclld be carried OUT
only through and under the stanetion Of
the COVER d! uf jamaica. who + the hest
judge Of the extent of the di Stress and
tie hest measures TO h. taken fer ale
viatrc i. ard Who VIII in any case bear
tho - .:Ina ;.!"l;;s.'
: .!:sra-.-,, from Iio!,ard Fay dated Jan
L. saws tI,st tlts frs. earth shock at
Kingston. which occurred at So p NJ
Jan. H. did all the damage. The subae-
queEt, lesser shocks having little effect
Fires spread in three direc ions famed
by a strong wind, and the Gremen were
Handicapped by absence Of VSater.
The dispatch after confir ming tho re-
ports that hundreds were 'killeJ burned
to delth or injured. says that at least
from 20 to 20 persons were Killed by tha
collapse If the Myrtle Bark hotel. The
devastated region. the Dispatch adds.
stretches from the willrvos in. the south
ern part of the CITY to thR race course
in the north, and from the custom house
lin the west to Fleet street east CON
tanning al the principal streets, banks
and government offices. all OF which wcra
wrecked. most of them being: levelled to
tho ground.
The sender Of the above dfspach does
not mention any footing or violence. OK
cept il tho case of few rum shops which
were Invaded.
Some graphic details of the Kingston
disaster are given in one of the latest
dispatches received here. dated from Hol-
land Fay Jan. l.. This repoh says that
the whole city of Kingston seemed, -
shr:ve up, buildings fell in a crushed
mass like egg shells, under the first
shock. The business streets We're well
fled with tourists engaged III shopping
and. according to this correspondent. no
doubt many of them were buried in the
debris. Fire a three separate points fol-
lowed the crash. Tie fire departro ent stu
ton in Sutton street was wrecked render
irg it useless.
The conflasration continued lanehcckel
until Tuesday morning. by which time
the whole business quarter of Kingston
had been wiped out. III" dana gcd area
comprising about n square mile. Al the
large warehouses in the loYa' rart Of
the city were consumed, while not 4 SIN
gle house anywhere remained INDIANA god
and the majority were unfit for habta-
ton. When the dispatch Was filed tho
bodies of many white persons who had
been staying at the Myrtle Bank hotel
were still beneath the Nreclla pc.
Tho police place the numb ?" of killed
ct 300. Judging from the numEcr of bod
les already discovered in the few build
ines which have been examined
This estimate. The correspo ndcnt adds
is likely to be very largely increased
when n thorough, search is made OF the
wrecked buildings.
The treasury. On Farbor street, was
standing. but the postoficc and court
house cyerc in ruins.
The government offices were unsafe for
occupancy Government house, WAS bad
II damaged. The Colonial Bank was
burned out the Nova Scotia Bank was
in ruins. as WIS the residence OF Genera
Marshall. Mrs. Marshall was dug rrrs
but slightly Injured. The Roman Cath
Glic cathedral. the parish church end the
Scotch. Wesleyan ard Baptist churches
had disappeared and the theatre was de
stroyed.
At Port Royal at the entrance of
Kingston harhor. one of the batteries |
sank ard gunner was killed Tho ships !
in the harbor We're transformed into hos
pitfalls. Tho deck Of the steamer Port |
Kingston. which brought Sir Alfred Jones |
ard his party to jamaica. rcscmblcd ~ |
shambloe. Tho cabins wcrc full Of dead |
and dying. DIR. Evans, the shil'S doctor |
was busy performing amputations from >
o'clock in the evening to O'Clock the !
next morning.