The Washington times., 1907-01-18
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Island Swept
by Wave.
Death List Grows:
All Ships Are
Hospitals.

HOLLAND BAY. Jamaica. Jan -
new disaster has 0vertaken the isI-
and
Following the tremendous uphesraI.
of the ocean bed. the shock of which
piled Kingston with ruins. a gigantic
wave swept the jamaican coast.
Undermined by this ogerwhelming IN
rush Of waters. the shores Of Kingston
harbor are sinking and there is terror
lest the city slide into the sea. The
sinking, il Is said. is not confined 10
the city shore. but has affected the
whole floor OF the harb0r.
Part or the Town or Port RovsI has
sunk aud two men were drowned. The
batteries sank eight feet, killing q sap
per In several places me water Is
spouting through Jhe debris.
The topography OF the country has
been changed and the navigation chan
mel into this harbor materially altered.
The Plum Point and Port ROYAL light
houses are both az the bottom ~ the
ksFbOr
The Ehasves along lIe city front
which we're not destroyed by eartbouaks
or fire have. tumbled into the sea on
fallen 10 pieces
4eiegIaph Ofnces Burned.
Governor SWettenham has sent a 4is-
patch through this place TO the ccl0oisI
office. London. that the direct cable
line from Kingston Is broken tbrae
miles OF the coast Both the telegraph
offices are burned
The principal point of impact IF the
tidal wave was Anotta Bav. on rha
north coast
Port Antonio. on the north side of lhe
island suffered little damage The
Hotel Tltchneld. with hundred Amer
lean guests, vas not destroyed.
The shock was severe ar Richmend.
and this town also was destroyed Bg
IRE. Spanish Town also was damaged.
One man WAS killed and ten injured
there
Appeals have been sent 10 aiI sections
% the Island, asking for assistance.
Foodstuffs are needed above an things.
The steamer Bella. from PhIadelphia,
arrived here yesterday with a small
cargo OF provisions.
The American battIeshIps Missouri
and Indiana have arrived m the har-
Dor and American officers and sailors
ale standing by 10 render aid
All Shlps hospitals.
The ships ia The harb0r are crowded
with injured people. and Tie death I-
Is being increased daily. Corpses De iu
the streets or are being Throw into
trenches A German steamer called u
here on her way from Cuba and g. lleI
again after staying in port one hasr
The lines Of tie HaIu Cable COM
pany ana The Direct West Indian Cnhls
Company are broken Two miles oar az
sea Repairs are being made Tfr
Nesl india ana Panama line q Work
ing from Holland Bay.
The railroad workshops have been de-
moiisheds but train service has been re-
sumed.
The Offices Of the Kingston uepspap-
ers have been wrecked.
There IS no communication with
kingston the telegraph lines having
been broken yesterday afternoon.
Smoldering Ruins.
The whole town OF Kingston has i,,4.1
destroyed, and there r. nothing left ~
the once beautiful city bat great piles
OF snoldering ruins
10 is thought that tie earthquake
originated az An0tta Bay. where The
crater OF an extinct volcano is reported
10 be throwing up flames and smoke
AatA - -fN NtaA N'A ANAsaa DA 4ll
employees Ia tourist bureau were
killed.
Many bodies in "a state of decomposi-
ton or charred beyond recognition bad
to be burned
The dangers OF famine and pestilence
are Increasing There ls urgent need
Of supplies of all kinds.
The fearsome extcnt o. the appalling
calamity thHt has visited the city bias
not Vet been recorded, and IL IS doubt
ful II evca the people there themselves
are vet aware of the fuii extent 0f she
disaster that overwhelmed them.
Medical Aid Limited
Medical assistance is limited. owing %
the deaths Of several doctors. There
have been q number of other shocks
since the first disastrous one and the
repetitions keep the people in a state OF
terror.
Kingston was threatened with a faln-
storm this morning, but at the hour II
sending out this dispatch the weather IS
clearing
The body OF Sir James Ferguson vas