The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-01-25

andS of persons were on the SlreeIS
of Kingston at the time and great
numbers of them were crushed.
Many American in Kingston were
killed and have been buried.
Realizing the possibility of famine,
the people made attempts to loot.
The military, however, at once took
possession of foodstuffs. Detach-
ments of troops, with fixed bayonets,
were placed on guard. They were
concentrated in a central position.
No one is allowed to pass through
the ruined sections Of the city.
Old Volcano Active.
Kingston is threatened with a fall
ure of water supply, owing to the
bursting of reservoir, and no water
will be obtainable before Friday.
The military suffered severely.
The hospital camp, where there were
several hundred soldiers, was burn
ed and a number of the men lost
their lives. Major w. H. Hardyman
and Lieutenant Leader are dead.
Col. ]. r. M. Dalrymple-Hay and
Major Lawrenson are seriously in
jured.
Part of the town of Port Royal
mas Suuh, anu WV A1OA NSAN 49, W -
ed. The batteries sunk eight feet,
killing sapper. In some places the
water is spouting through the debris.
The shock was severe at Rlcn-
mond, and this town also was de-
stroyed by fire. Spanish Town also
was damaged. One man was killed
and 10 men were injured there.
1t is reported that at Anotta Bay
the crater of an extinct volcano is
emitting flames and smoke, and 1t is
thought that the earthquake origi-
mated there. The records of Jamaica
contains no previous mention OF ac-
tivity of this volcano.
Coast Lines Changed.
The steamer Bella, from Philadel-
phia, arrived here with small car
go of provisions. Business is at a
standstill. Some shops have been
opened by Cinnamon, who have rails
ed the prices on goods 1000 per
cent This so angered the people
that the Cinnamon were driven out
and their shops looted.
The hope of famine relief lies in
the banana crops, which have not
been injured. Medical assistance is
limited, owing to the deaths of sew
eral doctors.
The body of Sir James Ferguson
was found and buried. Committees
have been formed and the Governor
and Lady Swettenham and others
are doing noble rescue work. The
shipping in the harbor is safe.
There have been number of 9TH
er shocks since the first disastrous
4. hn
pie in a state of panic.
The Hamburg-Amer1can steamer
Prinzessin Victoria Luise, which ran
ashore at the harbor entrance Deem
Der 16, is now total loss.
Tourists Fleeing
The topography of the country has
been changed, and the navigation
channel into this harbor materially
altered.
Two vessels left here Thursday for
the United States, loaded to their
full capacity with returning tourists
and fleeing natives. The wounded
persons are being cared for on all
the ships in the harbor. A German
steamer called in here on her way
from Cuba and sailed again after
staying in port one hour.
Tidal Wave Swepts Coast Line.
Holland Bay (By Cable) A great
tidal wave has swept up Annotta Bay
on the northern coast, directly north
of Kingston, and the shore lines
about Kingston are sinking as re-
suit of the earthquake.
The tidal wave and subterranean
disturbances have wrought such
marked changes in the coast lines
northward as to make the conditions
dangerous to shipping and new
chart of these waters necessary.
Two lighthouses in Kingston har-
Dor have been demolished or sunk
into the sea, and wharves and piers,
the tops of which were burned, have
slowly settled into the water with
the sliding shores.
The bed of the harbor of Kingston
has so completely changed that in
some places where it was almost
shallow before the earthquake the
water is now 100 or more feet deep.
These remarkable changes caused
by natures terrible commissions are
considered ominous, and it is feared
the capital city of the island may
suffer the fate of its predecessor, the
old city of Port Royal which, in
1892, was destroyed and submerged
by the sea- Today the site of that
ancient city is low sand bar.
City Gaandually Sinking.
st. Augustine, Fla. ,(SpeciaD -
Wireless messages received at the
station on Anastasia Island by Chief
Electrician Elkins say that Kings
ton is sinking gradually; that holes
and cracks 100 feet deep were form
ed by the earthquake and that grave
fears are felt that the entire city
will slip into the bay.