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steamer Prinz Waldemar is also
hard ashore. The wrecker Premier
has gone to the aid of the stranded
vessel. Several slight shocks of
earthquake We're felt last night
Bury 42o Dead; cremating Bodies.
Four hundred and twenty dead were
buried up to last night. The remain
ing bodies are beng cremated. The
death list it is now believed will be
about 700.
The work of clearing the streets of
debris is being pushed. Dynamite is
being used to blow down some of the
ruins. The people here greatly APP
preciate the action of the American
government in sending warships and
supplies. The water supply has been
improved, but food is very scarce and
the prices therefore are exorbitant.
A remarkable incident of the earth
quake has just come to light. An
English clerk in store was buried
under falling walls following the
earthquake of Monday and over this,
for many hours, great fires swept.
Wednesday the clerk was dug out
alive. His injuries are not severe.
Five hundred persons are still under
treatment in the hospital. No Ameri-
cans lost their lives in the disaster.
Some of the Buildings Gone.
Among the buildings utterly de-
! stroyed are the Supreme court, Colon
ial 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 wharves, the Myrtle Bank
hotel, the Constant Springs hotel, the
Jamaica Club, the Masonic Temple
Training college, Hope college, the
i railway terminus, customs building,
cable company Offices, all the news
paper Offices except that of the Daily
| Telegraph, which is severely damaged
but escaped the fire; the Salvation
| Army Temple and the Offices of the
Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and
Congregational chrrches and schools.
In brief, not sound building re-
mains in the entire area of Kingston,
and less than a dozen houses can be
occupied. The entire business section
is wiped out. The loss cannot fall
short of s5,oO0,OOO and probably will
total double that amount.
| Panama to Send Relief.
Panama, Jan. 21.-A movement is
on foot in Panama and Colon to or
ganize relief committees for the ia
maican sufferers. The steamer AID.
vance, which sails for New York to.
day, will go by way of Kingston and
Will carry number of people who
have interests and relatives in Kings
ton. Tents and supplies will be
shipped on the steamer.
American Guns Awe convicts.
| New York, Jan. PA Kingston
| (Jamaica) dispatch to the Herald
states that the battleship Missouri,
lying off the penitentiary, oyerawed
the unruly convlcts by firing two
rounds of blank cartridges and land
ing an armed party. The help was
thankfully received by the govern
ment.
The Herald's correspondent reports
that the inmates of the insane asylum
are at large, but he says that in the
present state of mind nearly all Kings
ton is crazed. Many persons were
rendered insane by the shock of the
disaster, the most notable being Ger
aid Loder former member of the Brit
ish parliament.
A dispatch to the Sun from Holland
Bay says great suffering exists among
the poor of Jamaica. A delegation of
so sufferers appealed to the governor
for the systematic distribution of re-
lief. The spokesman said many were
dying of neglect. He charged that
those with money had been supplied
with food and medicine.
Port Royal Sunk Eight Feet.
Port Royal has again sunk and gey-
sers are springing up in the streets
TIP land has now subsidized eight feet.
Half Size of Valparaiso Quake.
Vicsoria, B. c., Jan. 21-The recent
earthquake which occurred and caused
so much damage at Kingston, Jamaica,
was recorded by the seismograph of
the Victoria meteorological bureau.
The record was about half the size of
that made by the Valparaiso quake