The San Francisco call., 1907-01-18

A number OF assures in the earth are
said to have appeared, the streetcar
tracks are out of shape, the rails are
twisted and the water mains and the
gas and electric pipes and wires are in
complete disorder, while the destruc-
tion Of the bonded warehouse fills the
air with an overwhelming odor OF rum.
dispatch from Holland Bay, dated
January is. says that the first earth
Quake at Kingston, which occurred at
3:35 D. NJ. January IA, did all the dam
age, the subsequent lesser shocks haY-
ing little effect Fires spread in three
directions, famed by a strong wind.
and the firemen were handicapped in
consequence OF the absence OF water
A great exodus to the hills is re-
ported, as the people feared a recur-
renee Of the tremors. Medical supplies
are the chief need at present, and there
is a dearth Of doctors. Volunteer
nurses are plentiful.
1t is stated that there is no i'm
mediate danger OF 3 serious food
famine. Fruit is plentifnl and sur
rounding towns have already begun to
send food.
The work Of burying the dead has
begun.
REPORT FROM GOVERNOR
The Colonial Office has received a
Swettenham, Governor of jamaica 1t
is without date and runs as follows:
Continuing my previous telegram on
the subject: The evil effects have been
confined almost entirely to three par
ishes Of the island, namely Kingston,
Port Royal and St Andrew. The fire
at Kingston has practically ceased;
only coal and rubbish are now burn
ing The district burned comprises a
triangular area between the Parade
Gardens, the sea, Duke street end Prin-
cess street The parish church forms
the apex OF this triangle, which COM
prises about one-thirtieth part Of the
town. The wharves burned are George
and Branday and Malabre, Haggart
Lyons, Solomons, Demercado. Hen
riques and one, not both, of the Royal
Steam Packet Company's wharves.
The burned area is being cleared
slowly, owing TO the indisposition of
the population to labor at double the
usual wages There are q few bodies
still covered with ruins. The burials
at noon this day comprise S4S. The
persons admitted TO hospitals in King
ston total $40, exclusive Of some sixty
cases sent to SpanishtOwn from Kings
ton for treatment.
The population generally is encamped
on the parade grounds, the racecourse
and the open spaces.
The usual provision shops are in the
burned area, and there is consequently
difficulty in buying provisions. l am
arranging for sales temporarily and
for the transfer OF persons to other
parishes There was some pilfering
last night from deserted shops. The
population is wonderfully patient, but
listless.
Among the killed are Sir James
Ferguson. J. w. Middleton, A NJ Nathan,
Edward Decordova, J. r. Mudon, j. A
Payne, DR.. r. c. Gibb. r. w. Bradley.
B. Verley, W. George Burrows, Charles
Sherlock, Z. Morris, Captain constan-
tine and Miss Lockett.
Great assistance has been given by
Sir Alfred Jones. who converted the
steamer Port Kingston into tenn
porary hospital and refuge, by doctors
and hremen from Spanishtown and by
the commander Of the troops, who sup
piled men 10 assist in keeping order
and to patrol
The direct line cable is broken three
miles of the coast. Both the telegraph
Offices are burned"
BODIES IN HOTEL RUIN
Some graphic details of the Kingston
disaster are given in one of the latest
dispatches received here, dated from
Holland Bay, January IS. According
to this report the whole city of Kings
ton seemed to shrivel up, buildings
crashed together and fell In a crushed
mass under the first shock. The streets
at the time were filled with tourists
and. according TO this report, many
were caught under the falling bricks
and buried in the debris. Fire broke
out Immediately after the crash at
three separate points. The fire depart
ment station was wrecked, rendering
resistance to flames impossible. The
fire continued unchecked until Tuesday
morning, by which time the whole
business quarter OF the city had been
wiped out. the damaged area compris-
Ing about a square mile All the large
warehouses in the lower part Of the
city Were consumed and not a single
house anywhere remained undamaged-
When this dispatch was filed the bodies
OF many people who had been staying g
at the Myrtlebank Hotel were still be-
meath the wreckage.
RELIEF MEASURES
King Edward has headed the Man
sion House Kingston relief fund with
subscription OF $4,000. the corporation
Of London Immediately adding a sim
liar amount. The principal theaters
are organizing special performances in
behalf OF the fund.
on instructions from Washington
the American embassy this afternoon
telegraphed to King Edward and to the
Foreign Office condolences upon the
( Kingston disaster from President
Roosevelt and the State Department,
/ respectively.
owen Cosby Philips. NJ. p, chair
man of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, after a long conference at
the Colonial Office this morning regard
ing the immediate measures to be
taken for the relief of the earthquake
sufferers, cabled to the company s
agency in New York as follows:
Relief measures should be carried
out only through and under the sane
tion Of the Governor OF Jamaica, who
is the best Judge OF the extent OF the
distress and the best measures TO be
taken for alleviating IL and who will
! in any case bear the responsibility"
Sir Alfred Jones, Jesse Ceilings, M
/ p. and several other members Of Sir
Alfreds party had remarkable escapes
! from being buried in the ruins OF the
Myrtlebank Hotel
JONES PARTY JUST ESCAPES
According TO a dispatch received from
Holland Bay this morning, Sir Alfred
! Mr.. Ceilings and others, after luncheon
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