Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
Sir James FERGUSON and
Prominent Merchants and
Professional Men Are
Victims
Destruction of Wires Makes Repor,a
Of Catastrophe of Meaere =
Character.


earthquake which began at $3.50
Monday afternoon. All the houses
within a radius Of ten miles were
injured and almost every house
In the city was destroyed. Fire
broke out after the earthouake
and completed the work OF de.
struction. Theb usiness section Of
Kingston is heap of smoldering
ashes. The killed number about
4OO and thousands were injured.
Churches, public offices and hotels
are all gone, but there were no
fatalities at the Constant Springs
hotel. Among the killed were: Sir
James FERGUSON and number OF
prominent merchants and pro.
fesslonal men.
London, Jan. 16.-The following ,,ns
dated dispatch was received this aftx
ernoon from the press representatives
VINO accompanied Sir Alfred Jones to
Jamaica: Fire broke out again to-
nlght and negroes are loc$ing the rvsssr
SHOPS. AT least five hundred persons
were killed. There are weird and terS
rlple scenes. Forty-five invalid sol
dlers burned to death in the military
hospital. Several shocks were felt to.
day."
London, Jan. 16.--The contradictory
ana scant character of news which
thus far has reached London from Jaa
mafca renders it difficult to estimate
the extent of the calamity caused by
Ihe earthquake and subsequent cona
migration. Messages received by the
various steamship and cable compan4
les, however indicate that while the
early reports Of the destruction Of
Kingston and the great loss of life.
were exaggerated, the disaster still ID
OF grave character and the ruin and
desolation are said to stretch for miles
outside the city of Kingston. Shocks
nave been felt from fifty to sixty miles
away. One dispatch from a tempo,
rary cable station at Bullbay says that
not single house between there ana
Kingston is safe.
Boston. jan 16.-The United States
Fruit company received the following
cablegram from Jamaica today: The
mercantile section of Kingston, include
Ing our offices, was completely de.
stroyed by the earthquake and fres
Several hundred were killed. The
Myrtle bank and Constantine Springs
MOTEL were practically destroyed"
The cablegram was sent from Hol4
land Bay and it dated Jan. Is.
Relief on Way.
Steamer Dewey will sail from Bos-
ton for Jamaica today with miscel.
laneous cargo Of freight.
Second Report Says 80 Daad.
A few additioal details of the earth.
quake disaster at Kingston, Jamaica.
reached the city during the night. Al
brief message came from Holland Bay.
cable station on the island Of Jamai.
ca. forty miles from Kingston, It
brought reports that the disaster was
not SO great as has been first feared.
Only part fthe town was fuined by
the earthquake shocks The possible
loss of life was placed at thirty. and
three hundred persons reported In
jured.
Fire Under Control.
The fire which had started after the
tremor is said to have been brought
under control late Monday night.
Many Flee From City.
| The panic in Kingston was appar-
emily short lived, 1t is stated. The
work of rescuing and caring for the
injured Is well under way. Many per-
sons, however, fed from the city and
took refuge in the surrounding coun-
try, fearing recurrence of the shocks.
80 Killed In Hospital.
An official dispatch was received In
the Colonial office in London today.
which confirms these reports. The
greatest number of casualties occur
red in Camph hospital, where thirty
colored soldiers were killed.
| New York, JAN 16.-Kingston, the
picturesque capital Of the Island Of
Jamaica, has been devastated by q
violent earthquake. The details Of the
disaster are lacking, as direct COM
munication with The stricken city has
been cut off. The land lines were re.
constructed to within FIVE miles OF