New-York tribune., 1907-01-18
RELIEF FOR SUFFERERS.
First Shipment Of Supplies from
This Port To-dau.

The first relief from New York for the sufferers
from the Jamaica earthquake will be sent to-day
on the steamer Allegheny, of the Hamburg Ameri-
can Line. Some of these relief supplies VIII be
sent by the Red Cross, while Gillespie Brothers &
Co., of this city, commercial agents OF tina Jamaica
government, ara forwarding medical supplies on
cabed instructions from London. The Hamburg
American Line the Royal Mail Line and the United
Fruit Company have agreed TO carry relief supple,
without charge. There seventeen passengers
for the Allegheny, some of whom tourists
They Will 60 Notwithstanding the news of the
disaster.
The Prnz Joachim. of the Hamburg American
Line, will sail tomorrow with a considerable num-
Der of tourists. On this vessel only few OF the
passengers have cancelled their engagements. The
steamship Sarnia was due at Kingston Yesterday.
The Hamburg American Line received q dispatch
yesterday from Captain w. r Forward, the COM
panys general agent at Kingston, which by
way OF Port-au-PriEce, where II hei on
Wednesday. The message readt Three hundred
lives lost Myrtle Bank Hotel demolished. No con
necton Port Antonio. So far cannot ascertain any
tourists killed. our staff safe; also pier yet"
The Atlantic Fruit Company, of No, IS Broad
way, has received advices OF the steamer Bella
which il chartered from the Donald Steamship
Company and which due at Kingston on Mon
day While no anxiety is expressed effort is
being made To ascertain where the steamer is
The Bella sailed from this port on January in bal
last.
Isaac Brandon. Of Isaa, Brandon & Bros OF No.
II Battery Place received cable dispatch yester-
day which said that Isaac S. Brandon, q cousin Of
the senior member Of the firm and the concerns
Kingston representative. IS among those missing
The dispatch added that d. I, Motta. a we'll known
merchant Of the stricken city was killed.
collection q funds for the earthquake, sufferers
% Sa + Of R dfys and K ~
dispatch from WashIngton ann9uneed yester-
W York State organization Of the American National
Red Cross has been authorized e purchase 900
half Of these supplies viii be Forwarded today on
to-morrow on the Prinz Joachim As it is feared
that there may be some eificulty in making
will % make up the articles into the smallest possi6le
buk 70 simplify the task Of transporting the goods
charge cargo at some other point.
carried risks in Kingston amounting 10 about
100000 Most of the companies doing business In
cai interests however. it is different. many OF the
to e Ne Y6f 6s 5Gns as hove aag M
this Indebtedness to New York houses cannot yet
The Hamburg American Line made the following
Owing to alarming reports about Kingston. Ja-
maica and in the absence Of any definite from
Special saiiIngs to Jamaica by the twin screw
aW Yor ees oG brd her
s and March for Mas Nassau a Havana Porto Rico
sde @ om fourteen to ftee8 days F ncd Ii ne
stays at different ports Of call. Passengers viii
order to provide proper proper return accommodations
from Bermuda for those stopping over at that
point, the Kronprinzessn Cecilie will make spe-
cfal trip @ Bermuda March % from New York
returning from Bermuda on March 2e. arriving back
in New York March 2S. Regarding Prin2 steam
ers and others in regular service calling at
Jamaica they will touch at either Port Antonio or
Montego Bay, III the harbor Of Kingston js
closed to shipping After leaving Jamaica the tin
OF the Jamaica ports again on the return voyage"
Harry o. Radford, editor of the magazine. Woods
and Waters" said last night that his aunt. Mrs.
Simeon Leland. Mr. Leland and their daughter
Miss annSee nG Tpa fbt N he Ieqea m at the
ing from them. Mr.. Radford lives at No. 2la East
febh street and is anxious TO have any hearing
word of his relatives communicate with him.
Mr. Leland Is member of the family OF hotel
proprietors and managers. His father, the late Sim
s9n Leland, was proprietor OF the metropolitan
Prince George Hotel. but on December p he got n
leave OF absence to go South for his health With
hss wife and daughter he sailed from here De
cember 22 and reached Kingston December 81
HIS nephew , Mr.. Radford, says that the family IN
70 70 into the interior of the island for longer
rpsItod.