Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-16
,,,,,,t Every House in the ia
YUM maican Capital is in
Ruins.
,,,,u REACHES INTO COUNTRY
/, ,,s Of Life Cannot be Estimated
Nh INV. Hundreds Are Killed and
Thousands Injured.
!, p,onerty VIII be Great---steps
- Being Taken to Alleviate '"'
Distress.

,....,on. Jan. 1e.-Kingstoh @ o.so
K'ns s.,',sd bv an earthquake at s;oV
cveTM , On Monday afternoon. AN .ae
O'clock W ,.,,n RADIUS of 10 miles were
ss0maged.and almost every "0
S,,y was destroyed. .,,crake
ay s,,.s broke out after the earlnaa ,,n',
Try ,n,s,sa the work Of destruction
s ssa business section of Kingston ,.' NJ
INV tnS ~ smoulderipg ashes. The ki,.so a
peap e ~ about 400 and thousands were
injured. moas and hotels
40 all gone, but there were no .a'"
ns ~ Mo Constant Springs hotel.
u' .,sorg the killed were Sir James Fer,
su,on, and prominent mercha"''
professional men,
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
49,. York Jan. is.--Few additional
In, W. ., the earthquake disaster az
oetalls " rsached this city during tne
hlIss'uTb I'VE brief messages that came
nlsnH .,aiisnd Bay, the cable station
iroI island OF Jamaica, located ~
on w 80, kingston brought reports
Iils' ~ a;ea ster was not so great az
,la1 Nan at irst reported only part
hsu tocn was ruined by the esrtn.
" W and the loss Of life is placed al
y Nh,le q 900 persons are reported n
~ ~ The Are was started atter .iie
!ut e. said To have been brought un-
euaAe n u, late Monday night. The pan
~ q, Kinustou was apparently snol.
,,,ad as n was stated that the Wofk y,
l.sc,,nv and caring for the injured
,,.as unaer way. Many persons, now
o,,er fisd from tho city and took refuge
,r the surrounding country, rearing d
recurrence of the shocks a..
IN official dispatch received at the
coionjaI office IN London today con-
a,nos the reports that the destruction
~ earthouake and fire was not so
,idespresd Is fjrst reports indicate.
Thls dispstch stated that while the to-
tai number OF killed aid wounded mas
moi been definitely ascertained, IL waS
apparently not very large me greatest
number OF casualties occurred IN the
camp where 80 colored soldiers were
killed. Many structures went down IN
the lower section as result or tne
first shock and fire started along the
yharves. The excitement and con1u-
sion and the debris which closed many
streets. hampered the firemen ana II
vas some time before they could get
70 work 10 fight the flames.
PEOPLE IN WILD RUSH.
People rushed wildly about follow
lrz the first earth tremor, which lasted
pyeral minutes and succeeding shocks,
which came quickly but which we're
Of lesser force. added TO their terror.
The crash of topping houses added
% the general fright and 1t was some
tine before the people recovered ana
a TO work to rescue the unfortun-
iss who had been caught in collapsed
buildings.
The general hospital was not seri-
,nsly damaged by the earthquake and
% this place the injured We're taken
fast as they We're recovered.
GOVERNOR ACTS.
Sir james Swettenham, governor of
hmaica, was prompt in taking meas
lts 10 stop panic and disorder He
Fss ably assisted by Sir Alfred Jones,
visitor.
--Hs bNlo'An lAAfl2t tlltll way W tht
,lls, following the disaster. but their
light was orderly
The fire was under control late Mon
10y night. 1t Was still burning in
lices along the wharves bur danger
y lis spreading was believed to be
Ner.
The Myrtle bank hotel is ruin,
8 the British military station and
ne camp hospital.
NJ James Ferguson is the only
Melsner so Ear reported killed.
CITY OF LOW BUILDINGS.
The city is one Of low-lying build
an clustered along the shores of one
Ms ilnest and most securely land
nss1 narbors In the West Indies. The
vpuauon, which numbers $4,000, Is
"ssg made up OF native blacks,
,s.any steamers carrying tourists TO
ra We're en- route 10 the Island
XIX Me earthquake occurred, but II
III sppehed that according to sched-
uVhe o. The ships from New York
uecNday afternoon. ""' wa
~ n, ~ly volcanic formation I'm the
M, aa 10 tnat at the Lowlayton and Re-
NIL .ases N the parish of Portland,
t,sa. rom me sea, In the county OF
hsys W Wnicn Kingston is situated.
md M however, no defined crater.
mas wy volcanic materials are the only
VA iemalnlng The coast formation
,eIov. ,,sulIey island Is " white and
Ae eor limestone and the greater part of
HSntly Is very mountainous.
,. FORMER DISASTERS.
~ August, 1903, Jamaica was -
hn In,anv,ane Whlch almost destroyed
tand a,,a, U eid caused damage In the
Rhds n, houhuhB 70 N,000.000. Thou
lgtd ana sa,.e IN Kingston were dam
INK. 'e'hi coastlng vessels We're
,lsteIt y ~ " last q sharp earthquake
AkIanS ne south and In the north OF
yhy ~ was followed Immediate,
y ,,s. second shock. '''u'"'e-
br ~ great earthaualsa aa...
b Noyal OF whose 9'0O0 hons oyea
sn,n,ts ieft standing, N wss M ohly
hhgson. msn, reg 20 the founding OF
n m" Where Kingston stands ~,
tIhss,ss severe oonflapoatin,n
age ~, destroying pronertv '',su
he cam, tt@'euVOO0. and In 1914 ara, sio
n Ang,u damage OF 81, 600. oo0 '''he'
a. "uknst 1850, cvnlono ,'
Early all ~ nalt OF Jamaica, destrovsd
tlhsstsr me wharyes IN the Serha ussa
h. ana caused much dan,a ~
Thsrsp In the harbor ''"ase TO
luske a, R, a double shock OF oa,,,
A trsn kingston in 1850 " 'n'tn-
nsica IN i si9u hurricane visited Ia
tllgsd aoi9' The whole islsnd "a
d ss hundreds OF houss,, asianu was
toui lj6o ,essels were wrecked ana
Kingston rHesoens We're drowned '"
'ide st.es,. , 'ald out with reguiarr an,
e neatly hu me better class OF houses a