| Show EXTENT OF DAME BY THE earthquake evil effects confined to the parishes of kingston port royal and st andrews yf r 71 f aa london n on jan 17 it Is now known tb that at the death list from th the C king kingston earthquake will corti certainly tinly exceed and ind may even reach one thousand and ind that large number have be been en by their injuries the city Is a heap of ruins the royal family hastened to set the country an example of generous assistance to the afflicted city the kini king and the queen have each contributed tri buted to the lord mayors fund T the he prince and princess of wales have contributed 2500 each and d the big companies interested in th west indies are following suit should the reports of the subsidence of kingston harbor be confirmed a new peril will be added and further dispatches on this subject are awat ej et with the greatest anxiety according to further dispatches received from jamacia Jara Jam acla dated thursday the total list at kingston Is expected to approach 1000 many bodies in a stale of decomposition or charred beyond recognition had to be buried fortunately the water supply Is holding out the american battleships missouri and indiana have arrived in the harbor barbor thirty five out of a total of 55 em cm aloyes in a tourist bureau were killed the plum point and port royal lighthouses are both at the bottom of the harbor the navigation channel has materially changed and in 1 borne some places the depth of bf the harbor barbor has been altered by from 40 to 60 feet if it 1 reported that the hamburg american steamer prinz waldemar which reached kingston from new york january 3 Is ashore at plum point american reports according to information received today the kingston harbor Is growing communication with the island Is partially restored and every message that comes brings treah fresh details of the appalling catastrophe the number of dead ts is placed variously at from to 1200 and tho number of injured rung into the the thousands ten thousands ten thousand people are hald said to be homeless the danger of famine has increased and with it stalks the spectre of pestilence there is urgent need of supplies of nil all icings and energetic efforts are beings made thade in this country and in england to send aid the business sese tion of the cit city has been wiped out and the estimate of the damage range from to among the dead and injured ore are a number of prominent english persons and almost every dispatch adde adds a new name fo to the list 13 eight igat americans are reported as s missing and it is eald said thai that many tourist undoubtedly were crushed by falling walls in the shipping 41 district strict the Atner american Ican battleships missouri and indiana have reached the scene and Ahie Alne rican officers and ana sailors bailors are by ready t bolender to lender assistance lu in their power A new nov horror Is added to the alatua tion by re reports portis that the city seems to be bd slowly sinking into the sea he the contour of the bottom bottem of the harbor or bag bas been materially changed and two lighthouses at the harbor barbor ent entrance rafice are said vald to have disappeared the ships alps la in the tho harbor are crowded with injured people and the death list la being corpse lie ih iti the street streeta or a arp I 1 rp being thrown into jr enches following fallowing Fal lowing IB Is a of mafe more important people killed in tit the earthquake sir james ferguson INI P deputy chairman of the royal mall mail steam packet company of london captain Constan constantine tipe superintendent in jamaica for the royal I 1 mail steam packet company captain young commander of the steamer arno of the royal roval mail mall steam packet company captain lament lamont who was soon to be married to an american Ame girl dr robertson and wife perhaps dr 0 A F robertson and wife charles sherlock a well known merchant A nf nathan partner of charles sherlock in the firm of nathan sherlock co bradley verly extensively it interested in sugar cultivation two other members of the verly family G man livingston senior clerk in the audit office of the colonial government t D R C gibb miss niss locket kalle kil ledIn jn jamaica club miss sullivan I 1 edgar D Cord cordova ovla carriage carr tago and wagon maker N missing J T W middleton charles charles D cordova importing provision merchant edw D cord cordova ova broth brother er of Cb charles arles A brother of charles sherlock 1 j av 1 london jan 17 the colonial office haa has received a cable from sir alexander swettenham governor of jamaica it Is without date and runa rung ss 99 follows continuing my previous telegram on the subject of the earthquake the evil effects have been confined con almost to three parishes of the island namely kingston fort royal and st andrews the fire at kingston baa has practically ceased only coal and rubbish sli are now burning the district burned comprises a triangular area between the parade gardens the sea duke street and princess street the parish church forms the apex of this triangle which comprises about one thir bieth of the town the wharves burned are george and branday and malabre Hagg haggert lyons solomons demercado henriques and one not both of the royal steam seam packet companas comp anys wharves tho the burned area Is being bleared slowly owing to tho the indisposition of the population to labor at double the usual wages there are a few bodies still covered with ruins the burial at noon this day comprise 43 the persons admitted to hospitals in kingston total W exclusive of some 60 cases sent to from kingston to for treatment the population generally Is encamped on the parade grounds raca race course and the open oven spaces the usual provision shops are arc in the burned area and there Is consequently difficulty in jn buying provisions I 1 am arranging for sales temporarily poW pora rily and for we h e transfer of persons to other marinhos parin hos there was some pilfering last night from deserted shops the rho po population ie Is wonderfully patient but listless among the killed are sip sir james ferguson J NV midleton A M nath an edward decordova J R Is ludon J A payne dr RC gibb 01 bb R W bradley Brad loy 13 verley W george burrows burrown charles sherlock Sh B Z morris 1 captain constantine Constant lne and miss lock ett great assistance has beon been given by sir alfred alfrod jonea jones jhc converted the steamer port kingston into a tempo hospital and refuge by doctors and firemen from Vanish town and by the oam commander mander ot of tho the troops who supplied men inert to assist in keeping order and to patrol the direct line gabl lh ih broken three miles off the coas both voth the blie tole telegraph graph offices altre arnod |
