New-York tribune., 1907-01-23
REFUGEES INDIGNANT.
Confined from first page.
ICY when the statement was first drafted. but
subsequently reinserted.
MANY RELATIVES MEET REFUGEES.

ICY when the statement was first drafted. but
subsequently reinserted
MANY RELATIVES MEET REFUGEES.
crowd much larger than the complement OF
refugees aboard the steamer. assembled on the
Hamburg american pier in Hoboken yesterday
when the Prinz EiteI Friedrich docked. Many
persons on shore. as they scanned the long row
Of passengers leaning over the ships rail- recog-
njzed friends and relatives from whom they had
heard nothing since the earthquake. There was
Wild shouting on ship and shore the Prinz
Eitel warped into her pier and tears cOursed
down even the faces Of men as they Ciasped their
wives and children.
There we're many on the pier who eagerly
scanned the passenger list. only 10 ma that
none of their kin had come from Kingston Not
content with the assurance of the passenger list
some remained until all the baggage was cleared
away and then boarded the steamer hoping
against hope that by some chance or other the
relatives they sought might be aboard.
LITTLE WORK FOR CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
The customs examinations were exceedingly
brief for the returning passengers had nothing
to show the customs officials but the clothes on
their backs. The gangplank was hardly made
fast when anxious relatives loaded down with
furs and overcoats, began their work of clothing
the homecomers.
Nearly all the passengers declared that King
ston was sadly in need of help wher the Ameri-
can warships landed surgeons and marines, and
the need for medical assistance had become
greater when they embarked on the Prinz EteI
Friedrich.
Harry J. Parker, who went to Kingston TO
meet his father. who had business interests
there. was among the Prnz Eitel Friedrich's )
passengers. He said he in Port Royal
street a half mile away from the Myrtle BANK
Hotel. where he had been staying when the
first shock came
DESCRIPTION OF QUAKE
"A rumbng sound accompanied the first
shock" he said, "and the walls of buildings
began to fall | was about block from
the waterfront. and thought a tidal wave might
sweep up at any minute. Keeping my eyes on
the JOttering buildings ahead Of me, l ran as
fast / could. | brought to a sudden
halt and knocked unconscious by striking q
morse attached to a bus. 1 don't know how
long I unconscious. but when came to
was under the horse with debris on all sides
OF me The wreCkage came up 10 the horse s
shoulders but the animal unhurt Tne
horse saved me. but how he escaped himself is
marvellous. for the bus behind him was totally
destroyed"
Many passengers declared there was no at
tempt made at relief work until the United
States destroyer Whipple came To Kingston.
Miss NJ Livingston. Of Wilkes Barre. Penn.
who was visiting Kingston with her brother-in-
law and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wetzen-
korn, escaped from totterng building in which
fifteen persons killed.
My sister and l went to a dressmakng
establishment IN Harbor street. she said. Ito
have q dress fitted. We were just leaving the
place when the building collapsed. \ man
ran up behind me TO protect himself from falling
debris. Just az l broke away from him wall
tottered and crushed him to death. My sister
and / drove To- the Constant Spring Hotel. six
miles away. and found y had been knocked
down. We slept that night in a streetcar. and
after finding my brother-in-aw and party OF
friends the next day. took shelter in a cir
Gus tent. In which twenty-six hundred persons
housed Not more than twelve Of the
twenty-siX hundred white. The Negroes
dd nothing but pray. read the Bible and curse
the whites"
John II. Fields. Of Boston. was asleep on the
top floor Of the Myrtle Bank Hotel. when the
to a courtyard with his clothes torn 10 shreds
He went about with several broken ribs for two
days before he could get medical attendance.
Colonel and Mrs Joseph Eustace. of Elmira,
y. Y, and a party Of relatives. among them
Miss Jennie Eustace. the actress. had been stay
ing the Knutsford Hotel near Kingston.
since DeCemer %. Mrs. Joseph Eustace said
yesterday that they wandered about for three
days, spending night in chairs. another on
lawn and another on pier.
AMERICAN SHIPS \ WELCOME SIGHT.
Finally we were taken aboard the battIeship
Indiana" said Mrs Eustace. oh, the sight
OF those American men-of- war! Tears came to
my eyes and 70 the eyes OF all other Americans
IN Kingston when ne those ships come IN
the bay
the Hamburg American Line. who arrived yes
terday on the steamer. said that the bIuejackets
landed from the United States warshpa did ad-
mlrable service and aided the sufferers greatly
nv distributing among them tea. coffee and food
The presence OF tho men in uniform, he said
had a good effect upon the panic stricken
people. especially among the Negroes.