Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-19
MANY DEAD BODIES.
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1t is stated by the Hamburg Ameri-
can officials that the passenger list is
probably not large. as the steamer ex-
pected to take on most of her passen-
gers at Kingston. The vessel was to
have sailed direct from Kingston to
New York.
Among the buildings utterly destroy
ed are. the supreme court, Colonial
bank, Nova Scotia bank. the Mer-
chants Exchange, the city council Of
flee, the Parish church, ST. Georges
church. the Roman Catholic cathedral,
the Savings bank. all the shipping Of
fees and wharfs. the Myrtle Bank ho-
tel, the Constant Springs hotel, the ia
mnica club the Masonic temple
Training college. Hope college, the
railway. terminus, customs buildings,
cable company offices, all the newspa-
per offices except that of the Daily
Telegraph, which is severely damaged,
but escaped the fire: the Salvation Ar
my temple and the offices Of the Pres
byterian, Methodist, Baptist and Con
gregational church and schools. In
brief, not Il sound building remains in
the entire area of Kingston, and less
than Il dozen houses can be occupied,
and the entire business section is wip-,
ed out. The loss cannot fall short Of
S25000O00 and probably will exceed
that amount
Among the killed are SIR james Fer
glissOn of Kilkerran, Scotland, The
body Of Sir James was recovered from
the ruins OF n cigar store and buried.
Scores of unidentified bodies were sent
TO cemeteries and buried. and this in.
creases the anxiety of relatives of
Englishmen who We're on the island
Among the killed were Solicitor,
Bradley Yerley and Messrs. j. w. Mid
dleton. Alnsley Mordecai, Twaites, ID.
|. Motta, Edgar De Cordova and
Charles Sherlock. all merchants of
Kingston; the Cuban consul general
General Perez, and Drs. r. G. Gihb
and Motta
The whole of Jamaica felt the shock,
hut no serious damage was done be.
y0nd radius of twelve miles from
Kingston. Some houses Were cracked
at Spanish Town, the fortfcations at
Port Royal were abandoned by the ar
tillerymcn and engineers. the western
part of the town is partly submerged,
sixteen 9.2-inch guns are displaced,
and the barracks are in dangerous
and shaky condition.
Up-Park camp, north of Kingston. is
also destroyed, and about forty sick
soldiers were burned to death before
they could be removed from the hospi-
tai.
The Kings house, the residence of
the governor. is badly injured. and all
its former occupants are now living
under tents in Trafalgar park. The res
idence of General Marshall is totally
demolished
Among reported dead are three mem
bers of the Verley family, Captain
Young. commander of the steamer Ar
no of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
company's fleet, seven European non
commissioned officers of the West In
dia regiment of the royal army and
their families, thirteen native noncom-
mssioned officers and men Of the West
India regiment, royal army; ninety
school children by the collapse of
school building at the first shock. 12o
Cubans employed III the Machado cigar
factory and thirty five employees of
local tourist bureau.
Ten Americans were buried in I'M
marked graves.
Three hundred and forty three bur
ials have been officially reported.
Admiral Evans cables that Rear Adj
miral Davis, at Kingston, reports that
the hattleships Indiana and Missouri
and the torpedo boat destroyer Whip
pie are the only warships in Kingston
harbor. Food and tents are badly
needed. At the hour of the report Ad-
miral Davis WAS ashore comforting
with tie governor Of Jamaica as 70 re-
lief mJasures.
The following dispatch from Henni-
ker lIAeton, 4 F.. who was IN Kings