The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-17

the harbor of Kingston are sinking,
and there is terror lest the city slip
into the sea, according to a private
dispatch received here by a large mer
Prince, Hayti. The bed of the narbor
is said to be sinking, and the water
in many places is now 100 feet deep.
Every wharf not destroyed by fire
is said to be sunk into the sea or rem
dered worthless.
Dispatch From Buffalo Man.
Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 1.-THE Daily
Express this morning publishes the
following special: This cable dis
patch came through last night from
Francis U. Kahle, evidently from the
temporary cable station at Bull Bay,
outside of Kingston. This dispatch no
doubt was filed before the dispatches
of the regular correspondents of the
Associated Press service, who esti
mated the dead at a much lower fig
ure. Dated Jamaica, Jan. 16: Business
is at standstill. People are sleeping
in the streets and parks. Five hund-
red are surely dead. Sixty-five tnous-
and homeless. The only available
food consists of bananas The streets
are patrolled by troops and police.
Houses in town and throughout the
country were completely destroyed.
One hundred and eighty bodies were
buried in the Catholic cemetery yes
terday Sir Alfred Jones says the ma
tives will leave their work at Pana-
ma to take the places of the coolies
of India. A call has been sent for
Canadian architects to rebuild. Many
of the natives refuse to work. Esti-
mated loss S1O,00O,OOO. 1t is estimat-
ed that there are a hundred whites
dead. The asylum was destroyed and
the insane are at large. Captain
Young is dead The Halifax and Co
Ion cables are broken, and immediate
repairs impossible. Captain Constan-
tine is dead. The manager of the ca
bic says 1000 are dead. Hennecker
Heaton estimates the dead at from
with debris and dead. There were
two terrible shocks yesterday and
one today. Sir James Ferguson was
instantly killed in the street. People
burned out of homes need tents.
There will be great suffering if it
- t.
SAFE
Francis U. Kahle is manager of the
Woodward Chemical Co. He sailed
from New York January 5 on the
steamer Tagus, of the Royal Mail
Packet Line. Mrs Kanle and Miss
Anna Scott, also of Buffalo, were in
Kingston until January 5, when they
left for Trinidad. Mr.. Kahle was to
meet them there.
Definite Advices Lacking.
New York, Jan. 17.-Definite ad-
vices as to the extent of the catastro-
phe at Kingston, Jamaica, were still
lacking early today. The conflicting
reports received indicate that the
death list may be anywhere from 100
to 1000. One dispatch reported that
80 bodies had already been recover
ed and buried. From the meagre ad
vices that come through It is indi-
Gated that there is no immediate fear
of food famine, as fruit is plentiful
and other Jamaican towns can send
aid. Doctors and medical supplies,
however, are urgently needed. Dis
patches from London today say that
up till noon 10 further official ad-
vices had been received at the colo
NAL office, and this is causing grave
anxiety there. The only official news
received was a telegram from Gov
ernor Swette1ham, sent Monday and
made public yesterday. Urgent mes
sages have been sent by the British
government to Kingston calling for
full details of the disaster.
Situation Terrible.
London, Jan. IL. (noon).-Much
surprise and anxiety Is felt at the