Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-17
Bed Of Harbor at
Kingston Drops
100 Feet
GREAT TERROR PREVAILS
Details of Disaster Show
It p, baby Equals Frisco
Earthquake.

~e- ned in private dispatches
received here by a large mercantile
house, from Port Au Prince, Hayti
The bed of the harbor IS said to be
sinking and the water in many places
is now 100 feet deep. Every wharf
that was not destroyed by the fire is
said to have sunk into the sea or to
have been rendered worthless.
Kingston the Only Sufferer.
] Holland Bay, Jamaica. Jan. 17.-Ad-
vices. received from various parts of
the island show that Kingston was
the only place damaged by the recent
earthquake. All the other towns in
jamaica are reported in good condi-
tion. No further shocks have been
felt in jamaica.
Destruction of the City Complete.
All reports agree that the entire
business section of Kingston is COM
pletely demolished, mainly as the re-
suit of the fire which started imme-
diately after the earthquake. Port
Antonio near Kingston is said to be
unharmed, although the poorly built
town hall was partly destroyed. The
destroyed section of Kingston includes
that portion of the town between
East and West Streets from Tower
Street to the water front. All the
piers are down with the exception of
tnose of The Royal Mail Steam Pack
ct Company and that of the govern
ment railway. The Myrtle Bank Ho-
tel, favorite resort for Americans
was completely razed.
Every Building Destroyed.
Hardly a building is left standing
in the entire city of Kingston and ev-
Tery one not demolished is dangerous
fly injured and uninhabitable The
death list will probably total many
hundreds but it is impossible to fur
nish any accurate estimate OF the
dead at present, the figures varying
: from 400 to 1,aon, the latter being the
police estimate. The injured number
several thousand and about 10000 are
homeless.
People Are Fleeing.
The government railroad from King
slon to Port Antonio was not damaged
to any great extent and special trains
are taking the homeless people to
Port Antonio for shelter. Several YES
sells are also engaged in taking the
people to safe ports.
Lack Of News Causes Apprehension.
London, Jan. 17.--There is surprise
and at the same time considerable an
Xiety is felt at the Colonial offices
here at the absence of any further
news from Governor Swettenham of
Jamaica. An urgent dispatch calling
on him to report the latest details was
stall unanswered this morning The
only message so far received from
Governor Swettenham is the one for
warded apparently on Monday, after
which there has been complete ST.
lence, indicating some interruption in
official news channels and increasing
the apprehension regarding the de-
structive effect of the catastrophe.
Situation Awful Says One Report.
During the early hours of the morn
ing the West Indian and Panama Ca
Bile Company received several dis
patches from its superintendent at St.
Thomas, announcing that the situation
at Kingston was terrible and that a
famine was imminent. The superin-
tendent adds that the company's
steamer Henry Holmes, has left st.
Thomas for Kingston with provisions
and doctors to render the sufferers
every assistance possible. A dispatch
was received today reporting the safe
ty of Alfred Austin president of the
Colonial Bank of Kingston, whose fate
had been in doubt
Many Prominent People Killed.
Besides Sir James Ferguson, the
mcst conspicuous white men killed in
the disaster We're Captains Canstan-
tine and Young of the Royal Mail
Steamship service; James Harde-
man, DR.. Gibbs Varley, DR.. Menier,
Dr. Robertson and wife, Miss Lockett,
B. Varley, J. W. M. Bradley, and the
four children Of family named Liv-
ingston. Several others were report
ed missing.
Extent Of the Catastrophe Unknown.
New York, N Y, Jan. 17.--Defnite
advices as to the extent of the catas-
trophe at Kingston. Jamaica, were
still lacking early today. Conflicting
reports indicate that the death list
might be anywhere from 100 to 1000
One dispatch reported that $40 bodies
had already been recovered and bur
led. From the meager reports re-
ceived 1t is indicated that there is no
immediate fear of food famine as
fruit on the island is plentiful. Doc
tors and medical supplies are, how
ever, urgently needed
Wiping Out Of Kingston Confirmed.
London, Jan. 1.-THE latest re-
ports received here regarding the
Kigston disaster all tend to confirm
and even accentuate the gravity OF
the situation in Jamaica. While the
Colonial Office was unable, up to 2;30