Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-18

tnN Worhhhg Journnl special Leased Wire I
Kingston "wednesday. Jan. It.
Thousands of persons were Killed In
the earthquake, and the dead bodies
are being taken from the debris by
the hundreds The whole town Is in
ruins and the greater portion is still
smouldering ashes. The smell OF
burnt flesh prevails the air
The cable line from Kingston Is
| broken and the correspondent had to
go to Holland Bay. forty miles to the
east, to file the message.
The earthquake came as sudden
oscillation, not from an particular di-
rection, but uu and down
Thousands of persons We're on the
streets of Kingston al the time. and a
great number OF them were crushed
Many Americans We're Killed and have
been buried.
Realizing the possibility OF famine,
the frenZled people made an attempt
to loot The military however. took
possession of the foodstuffs DetHch-
ments OF troops with fixed bayOnets
were placed on guard No one Is al
lowed to pass through the ruined sec
tions.
Kingston Is threatened with fail
ure of the water supply owing to the
bursting OF a reservoir. and no water
The military suffered severely, The
hospital camp, where there We're sew
eral hundred soldiers, was burned and
a number were killed. Major w IL
Hardy Lieutenant LoaSer are
dead. Colonel J. Il. NJ. DAILY Hay and
Major Bawresnn are seriously injured.
Part of the town of Port Royal has
sunk and two men were drowned The
batteries sunk eight feet, killing a
,l..st
Is spouting through the debris
Port Antonio. on the north end, suf- 4
erred little damage The hotel Litch-
ield, with number Of American /
,uests, was not destroyed A TIDAL
wave has inundated Ann0tta Bay
Washing out many houses.
The shock was severe at Richmond,
nd this town also was destroyed by
ire Spanish town was also damaged.
me man was killed and ten men were
Injured there.
II is reported that Annotta Bay the
rater of long extinct Volcano Is
nveloped Ia DANES and smoke, and II
J thought that the earthquake origin
ted there.
The records OF Jamaica contain no
revious mention of activity of this
olcano.
"A
ions of the island asking for assist
nee. Food stuffs are needed above
II things. The steamer Bella, from
arrived here yesterday
With a small cargo of provisions
business Is at a standstill. Some
hops have been opened by Cinnamon,
tho have raised the prices on goods
ne thousand per cent. This so an
cred the people that the Cinnamon
ere driven out and their shops loot
d. The hopes of famine relief lies in
ne balance Of the crops which have
Ot been injured,
Medical assistance is limited. owing
, the deaths Of several physicians.
Kingston was threatened with a
lin storm this morning but at the /
me OF sending this dispatch the
Gather Is clear. I
The body of Sir James FERGUSON
as found and buried today
The shipping in the harhor is safe a
There have been number of other il
locks since the first disastrous one n
I'd the repetitions keep the people IN L
state of terror The Hamburg y
merican steamer Princess Victoria c
luise. which ran ashore at the har- o
,r entrance December 16. Is now Il
al loss
The topography Of the country has b
en- changed and the navigation into M
Is harbor materially altered b!
Two vessels left here yesterday Tor NJ
Q United states loaded TO their fun
paclty with tourists and heeins r.
tiyes. ~
The wounded persons are being On
red for on all The ships in the IS
rbor. g.
The lines of the Hayti Gable COM 10
nv and the direct West Indian Gable ~
npany are broken two miles out al y
!, repairs are being made. The West
ala ana Panama line IS working
'm Holland Bay.
Railroad workshops have been ne-
,lished. but the tram service nus ~
IN resumed The offices Of the
npston newspapers have been
ecked