Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-19

 Cubans employed in the Machado cigar factory and thirty-five employees of a local tourist bureau.
 Ten Americans were buried in un. marked graves.
 Three hundred and forty-three bur. ials have been officially reported.
 Admiral Evans cables that Rear Ad- miral Davis, at Kingston, reports that the battleships Indiana and Missouri and theftorpedo boat destroyer Whip pie are the only warships in Kingston harbor. Food and tents are badly needed. At the hour of the report Ad- miral Davis was ashore conferring with the governor of Jamaica as to re- lief measures.
 The following dispatch from Henni- ker Heaton, NJ. F., who was in Kings ton when the earthquake occurred, has been received:
 After the opening ceremony of the agricultural conference Sir Alfred Swettcnham invited ten of us to lunch with him at the Jamaica club, includ- ing Sir James Ferguson, who had ar- rived the day before. Sir James gave us an interesting account of the work on the Panama canal. An hour after ward he was buried amid tons of brick and stone.
 After luncheon I left the club and went with the Hon. Mir. Cork. member of the council and leading planter, to visit the postoffice and was returning from there when the earthquake took place. The street was moderate sized one. and the moment the ground began to quake thousands of people rushed and jumped into the street from the houses. One huge building fell across the street before us, and another build ing blocked the street behind us. On our left a third building fell into the street.
 '"Then followed absolute darkness. Great clouds of dust. mortar and de- bris filled the air for five minutes, and when the light was restored my com panion and I found ourselves black with dust and dirt. We looked like ne- groes. It was a miraculous escape.
 ''The scene that followed baffies de- scription. Women were embracing their little children. and others were on their knees praying loudly and with the most intense feeling to God with such words as. Lord. have mercy on us.' God. have mercy on us.' Christ, have mercy on us and save usr Others had tainted. and others were running about wildly looking for their loved ones.
 "we climbed over the fallen loads of brick and mortar and got back to the club. The building was in ruins. The roof had collapsed. and the room where we had been dining was filled with tons of brick from the fallen walls.
 "A young fellow. hatless and coat less. with handkerchief round his head, addressed me in the street out side the club for several minutes. At length something peculiar struck me. and I asked if he was Gerald Loder. my friend for many years in the house of commons and ex-member of parlia- ment for Brighton. He said yes. He was waiting in the reading room on the second floor of the club when the roof fell in. He had been pinned to the floor by the ruins. By freeing himself from his coat he escaped to the para pet and descended by ladder into the street. The most awful sight was poor Mir. Bradley. a member of the club. lying dead under the great fallen pillar of the building.
 At the Constant Spring hotel. few miles from Kingston. found my bed room shattered and the roof cleared on. I found numbers of ladies who had been taking an afternoon rest in their rooms on the lawn with blankets and bed things around them. That night we slept on the lawn of the hotel, and during the long hours between sunset and sunrise we felt at least three earthquake shocks. The blaze of the raging fire over the city was plainly visible.
 At dawn I got coffee and then drove to Kingston For miles along the road of families were seen outside their houses. In Kingston I irove many miles through the streets At least ninety eight of every loo l houses are in ruins or damaged be Tond repair.-
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