Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-11
JAMAICA CUT OFF,.
G we're Storm Stops All
Communication.
Cables in Repair, But Land
Telegraph Lines Down.
island Believed to Have Been De.
vastated by Hurricane.

Halifax, y. :. Nov. l0-,Jamaica
has been cut OFT from the outside world
for close onto five days as the result oi
a hnlriran" Which started there Satuf-
day night owing 10 the unusual inter
luptICn in communication il Is feared
here that great havoc ha> been
Fought by th" storm. should this be
So it MAY mean the banKruDtin& 81
the colony, as after the siurrican"
which devastated the island four years
ago and the ,arthuuak" aud tirc which
l,arv wiped kingston Oft the map IN
1901. Jamaira is in no condition to
stand ~ similar blow. II the crops
have been as badly damaged as ii is
feared the consequences viii ne moth
Ing short Of disastrous
MI con!;niiilcatiun Will Jamaica
cpa"cd on saturday night, when Il
storm. att, need by very heavy rains.
be. an Efforts IT, restore the conn"C-
tons a. th. direct West !nGia co. hay"
| failed 1t is thought that the cable nuts
are down. Tests made from the Hal
| flax Office indicated that the cable vas
all right but that the LAND lines from
| bulls BAY where this cable lands. to
! Kingston. 10 miles away. W"r" down
| This interruption has SO far batled
an ATTEMPTS to get into Conmunica-
| ton with Kingston. There i 20 sta
| ton ut Bulls Fay: il is simply 'Ee
! landing plac" of the cable and there
| fore the company has been unable to
| Get a message through. But AS any or
| binary Interruption in this small
! stretch of land wire could be repaired
! N half day and it is Very eXcep-
tonal circumstance when a day elanses
| with this communication destroyed,
tile worst is apprehcndcd by officers OF
tie cable company here as over 1"ui
DAYS have now gone by and this ,in%
is still down.
I.inemen have been unable to ford
the Hope river, which is generally dry
but which after Il rain becomes 4 rag
ing torrent, is thought t" be one 81 the
reasons why the wires have not y"i
been repaired. This river lies between
Kingston and Bulls Bay and also b.
tween Kingston and Hollands BaJ
where the West India & Panama Co :
ca bleS land
Although the West India & Panam5
Co. has a station at Hollands Bay
about 40 miles from Kingston, the;
also have been unable to get any mas
sd ges through and since Monday al
communication with Hollands Bay
ceased Ii was at first thought thu thi:
was due to the cable hut there haVin~
been blown down. but ii has Since
been determined that there is a brcat
in this cable between Jamaica an.
Panama. An accumulation Of fou'
days messages is held up and apar
from the anxiety us what actual,
transpired there officers are very anX
ious to get into communication an,
get this business off their hands. Thri
anxiety is shared by all Halifax mrr
chants doing business with Jamaica.
D. Bulge manager OF the drtc
West India Co. stated tonight that II,
hoped to hav" communication Of some
Kind with Jamaica tomorrow. Even il
another day elapsed without IL,
cables working. II" thought that som,
steamer would reach Santiago with in.
formation of what had occurred.
Some slight anxiety has been rel
over the Picl<inrd 4 Black Line
Amanda which stranded on Negri
point at the western end of til" islam,
on Friday. She was hoatrd all righ
ON Saturday afternoon and proceei",
for Montrgo bay. a sail of about fou
hours. y" adviccS have come throucl
frn& her since.