Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-20
RECOVERING BODIES
IN STRICKEN KINGSTON
Five Hundred Victims Already Buried.
Perfect Order Prevails in Devastated
City-~American Sailors Doing Splendid
Work to Relieve Suffering.

TBy Morning journal special Leased Wire.
Kingston, (FfidayD, Jan. 1S.-The
work of clearing the streets of Kings
ton of debris and recovering the
corpses of the victims of the earth
quake and conhagration is proceeding
rapidly The southwestern portion of
Kingston looks exactly as did st.
Pierre after the eruption Of Mount Pc
lee.
The American batteships Louisiana
and Missouri arrived here Thursday.
Admiral Davis at once visited Gov
ernor SWeenenham and offered guards
for the banks and public buildings and
rescuiHg parties to aid in recovering
the dead. The latter offer was accepted
with thanks and marines landed
Thursday morning and are still work
mg. performing a service that forever
will be remembered on this island.
The former was declined as the local
troops. militia and Constabulary were
deemed sufficient
on the whole the conduct of the
populace has been admirable. There
have only been a few attempts at
lo0ting, and these have been confined
to rum shops and provision stores.
ltt h udt NtG nave ilttL III tN d oiilS IL SiiOl
and perfect order reigns. An admir>
able example has been set by the gov
ernOr and Lady SWettenham and the
higher officials and their wives who
are working unWeariedly to relieve the
distressed and nurse the wounded.
American naval surgeons are doing
magnificent work.
The original estimates of Killed were
too moderate. over 500 victims have
been buried up to today and scores Of
half burned bodies have been taken
from the ruins and buried to avoid the
outbreak of an epidemic.
Fully 1000 persons have been
manned for life, their legs or arms
having been amputated and those who
sustained lesser wounds were counted I
by thousands.
Nothing has been done toward the /
reconsirugt af ,the ehattar"d build I
ings or to repair the damage in the 4
residences in the northern and eastern /
parts of the city and in the suburbs I
of st. Andrew. Indeed, IL is inn /
possible TO do anything to this end. /
There is no lumber, few artisans and
little capital. But if Kingston has
been destroyed, Jamaica as q whole
remains, food and shelter are abund-
ant in the country and the government
is sending daily three or -four train
loads of the homeless and destitute
into the rura! sections.
In the meantime thousands of per-
sons are st!l encamned at the race
course and in the parks.
Many tents have been loaned by the
military. and there have been erected
hundreds of little booths, consisting Of
slim supports with sheets, shaWls or
fronds of palm trees or broad ba-
mana leaves as roofs.
Fortunately tho weather IS superb.
There are enough clouds in the sky
to moderate the heat or the sun.
There has been no rain, however, and
consequently the camps are compar-
atiVely comfortable.
Relief associations are providing
food. Beef is plentiful. as also are
vans potatoes bananas and plain
tains.
The vaults of the Colonial and Nova
Scotia banks have been opened by dN-
Mantle and the managers Of these in
Sjltutons hope to resume business sat
urday
Slight earthquake shocks occurred
at irregular intervals There were l
five Thursday and two today. But the
people are ceasing to be alarmed aud {
are beginning to face the future !
calmly. even if somewhat hopelessly }
The cables Of the Drest West In I
dia company are severed two miles e
from shore. The West india and Pan t
anna line TO Colon is also broken. but y
the land lines of the latter company [
are sound from Bull bay TO the east t
of Kingston and the staff is i'm a small I
hut upon the beach endeavoring to I
deal with the enormous business {
The report that steamer Prinz Fred !
crick Albert is aground is Incorrect J
She arrived here safely Thursday al [
ternoon from Colombia. J.
The earthquake shattered the lamp
and the rehectors in the lighthouse /
and cracked the tower from ton to L
bottom. The absence of light aC- q
counts for the strandng of the vessels. Z
The Port Kingston. carving an d
enormous crowd of passengers. i'm +
Guiding Sir Alfred Jones and his party G
as WEI! as the West Indian delegates 7
TO the Interrupted agricultural confer
ence left here Friday afternoon Tor q
England by way of Barbados I