New-York tribune., 1907-01-19

3ussOn's BODY had been fOund IN the RUNS OF
cigar store and was subsequently buried. and
adding that no English officials were killed or
injured was the only additional information
received at the Colonial Office this morning.
The difficulties in the way of communicating
with Kingston the constantly growing lists OF
the dead and injured whites. the knowledge that
many Of the latter will be buried unidentified
and the reports of the threatened engulfment
of the rest Of the city combined 10 in
crease the anxiety Of their relatives and friends
in this country who were besieging all the pos
sibIe sources Of information in quest of news
Even the big business firms operating with
Kingston were unable 20 obtain replies to urgent
requests for details The cable companies,
however. hopeful that tomorrow would
see an Improvement I'm their service.
The Direct West India Cable Company's
steamer is due at Kingston to-day. AS the
break in the cable is close to the shore no difh-
Guilty was anticipated in restoring communica-
tion promptly The officials here estimated that
relief steamers were due at Kingston, and
rapid Strengthening out Of the state Of chaos was
expected. The Mansion House Fund for the re-
lief OF the Kingston earthquake sufferers IS
being well supported, and with the American
and other contributions there will be no lack
Of supplies or funds for immediate necessities.
An undated dispatch from a member of Sir
AlIfeQ Jones party, hoM a. tAAAs9'"'-' -
ceived this morning, says:
A CHASTITY procession of carts passing all
day long to the cemetery conveyed there 'I''O
victims who were buried in patches of twenty
1t is believed that there are four hundred more ore,
corpses among the wreckage. The BODY OF slr
James Ferguson was buried on January 10.
There have been seVerB further shocks since
the great upheaval, but they were less violent
The Negroes looted some shops, but, on the
whole fair order is being preserved. Fires are
still burning.
The Earl Of Elgin. Secretary OF State for the
Colonies. cabled this morning TO the relief COM
nittee in New York thanking it for its action,
which the government highly appreciates Ihs
Colonial Secretary also forwarded to Governor
Swettenham's committee and to the New YORK
committee requests for information regarding
Jamaica's requirements and the best point for
landing supplies.
The West India and Panama Telegraph Com
pany which is the principal means Of communi-
cation between Jamaica and the outer world, re-
ceived a report this morning from its West Ind
fan superintendent, showing the extreme diff
culties under which the line is working and the
steps taken 10 cope with the situation. The
dispatch says:
The entire Kingston plant was destroyed One
Of the male operators was injured ana MISS
one cable instrument OF the antiquated mirror
type. was saved. This is installed in q nut
on the roadside. about ten miles outside OF
Kingston. Connection has been established
from there TO Holland Bay. but there is no line
connecting the hut with Kingston. The mana
ger of the Kingston Office who Is working single
handed in the hut is exhausted owing to scant
food and shelter An enormous glut OF dis
patches is accurhulating AT all the Jamaican
outlets The staffs of the cable offices are over
whelmed and denoraized from family and prop
erty losses A large staff of emergency caDle
operators is being hurried from Santiago. Cuba,
and St Thomas TO Holland Bay which tenn
porarily will be our main point
In the foregoing circumstances the West India
and Panama Company has been compelled to re-
fuse the British government and other requests
for the expedition of dispatches. on the ground
that il threatens completely 10 break down the
already crippled service
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company this
afternoon received a cable dispatch from its
agent in Jamaica saying that navigation In ia
maican waters was dangerous except at daylight
and suggesting that ships be diverted 10 Port
Antonio. The agent added:
We are gradually resuming business and are
continuing TO supply provisions free on orders
from the government. Order is being main
tained. Kingston alone appears 10 have been
affected. The prospects or Vietualling are re-
assuring.
The War Onice has posted a list Of the killed
and injured among the troops at Kingston, but
IL is admittedly incomplete and exclusive of the
disaster al the Camp Hospital. where from forty
to fifty men OF the West India Regiment were
killed According 20 the casualties known at
the time OF sending off the dispatch, Major w.
H Hardyman and Lieutenant J. Lamont were
the only two officers killed. Nine officers were
injured. Among the European non-commis-
stoned officers and their families there were
seven deaths and four were injured, while thir-
teen native non-commissioned officers and men
are dead or missing.
A special dispatch from Jamaica. dated yester-
day gives the number of killed of the West
India Regiment as two officers and twenty-six
men
dispatch from Havana yesterday said that
wireless message received there reported that
tidal wave had changed the coast line OF ia
maica and had left the south side Of Kingston
under water