Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-19

Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 1.-The
streets of the city are now picketed
with American guards. Admiral Ev-
ans, at the request of the British au-
thorities, landed force of marines
from the battleships Missouri and In
diana.
Six hundred bodies have been recov-
cred and more are being constantly
found. Dynamite is being employed to
clear away the debris of shattered
buildings.
The list of known victims is grow
ing, and the names of no less than
forty persons of more or less promi-
nence in the jamaican capital already
have been given out as dead. About
twenty we'll known people are either
injured or missing.
Great suffering exists among the
poor because of lack of food and medi-
cine. A delegation of fifty sufferers ap-
pealed to the governor today for the
systematic distribution of relief. The
spokesman said that many had died
of neglect.
Two cargoes of food supplies arriv-
ed this morning. but were exhausted
quickly. and more are needed.
Five dead bodies and one living man
were taken today from a wrecked
building The six were imprisoned by
the building collapsing and all but one
crushed to death. His name was Trues-
dale and he Is Canadian. He was
held a prisoner in the corner of a room
for fifty hours. He was half insane,
but will recover.
Tell Of Frishtful Scenes.
London, Jan 19, 3 a. m.-Belated
Kingston dispatches retel the story Of
the disaster without adding many new
features. They say that, the suffering
of the injured immediately after the
shock was extremelyspainful to see, es-
pecially as there were no means OF
relieving them.
Among the most dreadful sights We're
numbers of negroes who had been
jammed In windows as they tried to
escape thru them, but had been pinned
by falling timbers which had either
caused death or held the victims until
they were burned to death.
Thousands wandered to and fro,
moaning, exclaiming, or praying aloud.
Hundreds of these were in agony, hav-
ing broken bones or limbs. They did
not know where to turn fpp rest or
shelter.
All the available surgeons were busy
thruout the night amputating limbs and
dressing wounds, but many of the in
jured died before morning. The bodies
recovered in nowise indicate the total
number Of deaths. A large number
were burned to ashes 1t is believed
that the dead can be reckoned in the
thousands instead of hundreds.
One correspondent writes that the
streets presented sickening sight be-
fore the rescue parties got to work
The ruins of countless houses and huts
were smoldering, and dead bodies were
lying c1farred among the debris. Oc-
casionally one heard groans or shrieks
from those who were still alive, which
mingled strangely with the lamenta-
tions and prayers of those who had es-
capped. While the fire was at Its
height the neighing of horses coralled
in the fire area drowned every other
sound, tho there were many explosions
and the constant thud of falling tim
bers.
An undated dispatch from Holland
bay to the Daily Mail sent by Hamar
Greenwood, NJ. p, who is one Of Sir
Alfred jones' party, contains the fol-
lowing:
Jesse Ceilings, Nowell Davies, and
myself We're entering the Myrtle Bank
hotel when the earth trembled. II
then split into huge fissures, then
cracked, and left followed street
Fires then started and the scene be-
came simply hellish."