The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

including however, wharveS and ware
houses suffered from the fire that fol-
lowed the earthquake. The greater
NUMBER OF casualties seemingly was IN
the camp hospital where 80 coiored SOL
diers were killed
Inc telegl am, which was sent by
Governor Swettenham.--is undated but
Is presumed to have been sent on Mon
day: The text is as follows:
severe earthquake shocks this after
noon between and o'clock causing
considerable damage to houses at
Kingston 1t was followed by fire
which continues, though it is confined
,own, containing wharves and ware
houses. The camp hospital was de-
stroyed and 80 men were killed. There
were no officers among them. Major
Headyman was seriously injured. The
town hospital is crowded with some
300 injured. The fire is now decreas-
ing. The Myrtle bank hotel has been
destroyed and also the cable Office. The
conference delegates and the members
OF Sir Alfred Jones' expedition are be-
Geved to be uninjured, and are now at
Port sLangston. In the harbor num-
bers We're killed or wounded, but the
figures have not yet been ascertained.
Slighter shocks continue
The steamship and cable companies
dated Monday. via Holland Bay. A dis
patch to the Royal Mail Steam Packet
company says:
Kingston wrecked and most of the
WndIFeS ana warehouses Oul
our main wharf, sheds, coal and cargo
safe. Office wrecked. Constantine,
Jamaica superintendent of the company
and Captain Young, commander of the
Areno. were killed.
Sir James Ferguson Missing.
The Areno is a small steamer belong
ing to the Royal Mail Steam Packet
company and it is presumed that the
killed in the wreck of the company's
office.
The message to the Royal Mail
com pany simply says that Sir James
Ferguson, who represented the COM
pany at the agricultural cotton confer
ence, is missing and adds that
Governor Swettenham had asked the
local representatives of the company |
to sell provisions to those requiring
them. Chairman Phillips of the COM |
pany cabled to the governor placing |
all the available provisions and stores !
of the company at his disposal for the |
relief of sufferers from the earth
quake and fire and also cabled to the |
New York offices of the Royal Mailj
to send provisions to Kingston by the
Atrato and other steamers with all |
heard of any damage having been |
sustained by their vessels in Kingston
harbor.
other cable dispatches from King |
ston say that the offices of the direct |
West india Cable company were |
wrecked but that no fatalities occur |
red among the members of the staff. |
Mr. Codnar, one of the clerks, was |
severely injured The Colonial bank |
of Kingston was burned down. The |
vaults with the books and cash are |
safe and the members of the staff |
escaped uninjured.
Gable com munication has been re-
stored to within eight miles of King
ston, connection having been made
with the cable at a place called Bull
bay.
The latest information received
here from Kingston said that the fire
was under control, and that the num-
Der of West Indian soldiers killed in
the camp hospital was 40, instead of
30. as previously reported. 81
er5 Few Whites Killed.
The colonial office this morning was
oesieged with inquirers who asked for
news of relatives or friends in
Jamaica but the officials had nothing
4nt, except that officials of the colon
al office had every reason to believe
hat the fatalities among the Euro
1eans at Kingston were light.
The colonial office has instructed
he government authorities in Jamaica
% take all necessary steps to relieve
he distress among the earthquake
md fire sufferers, and the admiralty
has ordered the cruiser Brilliant, now
atigable, at present at Trinidad to
proceed for Jamaica and assist in the
'elief work. They are both vessels of
500 tons and their combined crews
number about $50 men, which will
enable them to land strong detach-
nents for police and other duty in the
devastated city.