The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-18

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The direct West India Gable company S
teamer is due at Kingston today As
the break In the cable Is located close to
the shore. no difficulty Is anticipated IN
restoring communication promptly The
Officials here estimate that relief steamers
must be arriving at Kingston by now and
n rapid strengthening of the state of
chaos is expected
The Mansion House fund for the relief
OF the Kingston earthquake sufferers is
being we'll supported and With the Amerl-
oan and other contributions there VIII he
no lack of supplies or funds for immedi-
ate necessity.
400 MORE CoRPSEs
An undated dispatch from a member OF
Sir Alfred Jones' party. now at Kingston,
received this morning says "A ghastly
procession OF carts passing all day long
20 the cemeteries conveyed there $50 vic
Tins. who were buried in patches OF 20.
il is believed that there are four hundred
moro corpses among the wreckage The
body OF Sir James Ferguson was buried
Jan. rs.
There have been several further shocks
since the great upheaval, but they were
less violent The negroes looted some
shops. but on the whole. fair order Is be-
ing preserved. Fires are stlll burning"
DIFFICULTIES IN COMMUNICATION.
The West Indian and Panama Telegraph
company, the principal means OF COM
munication between jamaica and the outer
world. received a report this morning from
Its West Indian superintendent showing
the extreme difficulties under which the
line is working.
The despatch says: 1.-THE entire King
ston plant was destroyed One of the
male operators was injured. and Miss
Thomas, n lady operator. was killed
Only one cable instrument. f the anti
duated mirror tyne. was saved. This is
installed in a hut on the roadside about
ten miles outside Of Kingston. Connec-
tion has been established from there 20
Holland Bay. but there is no line con-
meeting the hut with Kingston.
The manager of the Kingston office,
who is working single-handed I'm the hut.
Is exhausted. owing TO scant food and
shelter. An enormous glut OF dispatches
Is accommodating at all the Jamaican out
let's The staffs OF the cable offices are
overwhelmed and demorallzed from nam-
tly and property losses. A large stan OF
emergency cable opera tors is being hur-
ried from Santiago, Cuba and St Thorn
as to Holland Bay, which temporarily
will be our main point
Under the circumstances the West In
da. and Panama company has been COM
PEELED TO refuse the British government
and other requests for the expedition OF
dispatches on the ground that II threat
ems to completely break down the already
crippled service.
POSTS LIST OF DEAD.
The war office has posted a list OF the
Killed and injured among the troops NJ
Kingston. but IL is admittedly incomplete
and exclusive of the disaster at the camp
hospital, where ~ TO 90 men OF the West
India regiment were killed. According TO
the casualties known at the time of send
ing off the despatch. Mai. w. IL. Hardy
man and Lieut. j. Lamont were the only
two officers killed. Nine officers were
injured. Among the European non-com-
missioner officers and their families there
were seven deaths and four were injured,
while 13 native on-commissioned Officers
and men are dead or missing.
A special despatch from jamaica dated
yesterday gives the number of killed OF
the West India regiment as two officers
and % men.
WORST IN $50 YEARS
A special despatch from Kingston dated
Jan. IL says: The recent earthquake was
more serious than any which had occurred
fn Jamaica for $50 years The first shock
was followed by Is minor shocks. The
wooden structures stood well, but the
brick houses collapsed within n radius of
Fix miles
The immunity of go years led the Ja-
rnaicans 10 forget that they were within
building brick houses. But for this prob
ably there would have been no loss Of
life
There has been no tidal wave The de-
lenses at Port Royal were destroyed and
the palisades broken through. Black mud
Is coming TO the surface. The conduct II
Bll classes is admirable but Il In hoped
that the British cruiser Indefatigablo will
soon arrive here with marines
FOOD AND TENTS NEEDED
Washington, Jan iS-The navy depart
rDent has received through Admiral Evans
a wireless message sent by Admiral Davis
NJ Kingston. ia. TO the effect that at 2:a
this morning Capt. Pendleton Of the bat
teship Missouri, had reported that the
hattleehips Indiana and Missouri aud tho
torpedo boat destroyer Whpple were the
only warships In Kingston harbor
Food and tents were badly needed At
the hour OF reporting Admiral Davis was
ashore conferring with the governor OF
Jamaica and the situation vas aulot J.
Peroz. the Cuban consul. was killed In the
earthquake and his wife was slightly IN
3ured. IL IL not known that any other
officials have been killed.
RAILWAY WORKING
New York. Jan. ia S Lasceilcs a
Go. received today from Mr.. Mercado
their resident partner at Kingston the fol-
lowing cablegram. dated Kingston, Jan
~: Railway working. news from other
parts OF the island show no serious dam.
age. sugar estate IN We're unhurt. crops
progressing ship white pine lumber OF.
6ce furniture and some nour"
PREPARING FOR RELIEF
New York. Jan. ik--J v Meyer ol
the Hamburg American line. chairman
. cf the New York Kingston relief COM
,nittee received from tho colonial Of
nee al London an acknowledgment of