Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-18
KINGSTON AWAITS
FURTHER DISASTER
WITH AWFUL DREAD
Repeated Earth Tremors and
Erosion of Coast Line Keep
People Terror-Stricken.
LAND SLIPPING INTO SEA
Bay Obliterated and the Entire South
Side of the City Now
Under Water.
HUNDREDS OF DEAD BURIED
Rear Admiral Evans Confirms Report
of Tidal Wave - Calamity as
Great as Those Visited Upon
San Francisco and
Valparaiso.
HUNDREDS OF DEAD BURIED

Stupetied by the scenes of horror
through which they have passed,
with death and desolation on every
side, the people OF Kingston are in
constant terror that more disasters
are imminent Earth tremors con-
tinue at intervals and the coast line
is slipping into the sea. The entire
southern section of the city is under
water and the bay is no more. 1t is
reported that geysers are springing
up in the streets of Port ROYAL and
that a volcano in the interior has
broken out. Food is scarce, medi-
cal supplies are needed, and there is
sntold suffering everywhere. The
dead are being removed from the
ruins and buried in lots of twenty.
Rear Admiral Davis, with the battle
ships Missouri and Indiana, is at
Kingston, and is assisting in the re-
lief work
NEW YORK, January 1s.-Direct advices
to the Associated Press from Kingston state
that it is believed that thousands of persons
have been killed as the dead are being
covered in hundreds from the ruins. The
disaster was as great as the calamities of
San Francisco and Valparaiso. A numoer
of Americans are among the killed. The
city is In ruins, but the shipping in the har-
Dor is safe, and aboard these vessels the
wounded are being cared for.
The dispatch also states that the topog-
raphy of the country has been changed as a
result OF the earth's disturbance and that
the channel into Kingston harbor has been
materially altered.
People Terror-Stricken.
There have been a number of shocks since
the first disastrous one. and the repetitions
keep the people in a constant state of terror.
HAVANA, January 1s.-F1ar Admiral
Evans, III wireless message to the cruiser
wave has changed the coast line of Jamaica,
leavin the entire south side of Kingston
under water. No bay is left and the whole
coast line is reported sinking.
A Scene of Desolation.
KINGSTON, January 16 delayed in
transmission).-A general survey by the
Evening Star correspondent today WED
nesday) showed that the city of Kings
ton has been practically annihilated Not
per cent of the buildings in the city and
suburbs are left standing, and all of those
are of wood.
Every stone building has been demolished
or badly damaged and no one has slept in
a house since the earthquake. The loss of
life has been appalling, as the commercial
houses on Harbor and Port Royal streets
fell in on one another and few of the
merchants or their employees, except per-
. haps these who, happened to be in the
street, escaped. Hundreds of cremated
bodies were buried yesterday (Tuesday)
but no attempt has been made yet to get
at the bodies under the debris.
All trade is wiped out The only
wharves left standing are those of the di-
rect line of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company and that of the Hamburg Ameri-
can Steamship Company.
The exact time of the earthquake was
3:22 O'Clock Monday afternoon. The
first shock, which was terrific, lasted thir-
ty seconds. The descriptions of the earth
quake at San Francisco cover this part
= of the story exactly. Most of the home
less people camped on the race course
They are short of food.
The negroes are looting the half-burned
goods in the ruins without hindrance. The
street car service has been wiped out.
There was another great fire last night.
At least 80 per cent of the buildings in
the city are down.
Made Desperate by Hunger.
Gov. and Lady Swettenham have set
splendid example in the work of relief
Supplies of food and medicines are i'm
peratively needed The Chinese dealers
have raised the price of their stocks of
provisions 1000 per cent, and starving per-