Show famine and pestilence FACES is expected to follow in the wake of earthquake there is urgent need of supplies for relief of stricken people who are in precarious condition owing to shortage of foodstuffs and water kingston jamaica thousands of persons ft ere killed in the earthquake and the dead bodies are being taken from the debris by hundreds the whole town in in ruins and the great er portion Is still shouldering ing ashes the smell of burnt flesh pervades the air the earth e came as a sudden oscillation not from any particular dl but up and down thousands of were on the streets ot kingston at the time and great numbers of them were crushed many americans in kingston ere killed and have been burled realizing the possibility of famine the people made attempts to loot the military however took posses slon of the foodstuffs detachments of troops with fixed bayonets were placed on guard they were concen grated in a central position no one Is allowed to pass through the ruined sections kingston is threatened with a failure of the water supply ing to the bursting of a reservoir the military suffered severely the hospital camp where there were sev era hundred soldiers was burned and a number were killed part of the town of port royal has sunk and two men vt ere drowned the batteries sank eight feet killing a sapper in several places the water Is spouting through the debris port antanio on the north end of the island suffered little damage the hotel ditchfield titchfield field with a number of american guests was not destroyed A tidal wave has inundate bay washing out many houses the shock was severe at richmond and this town also was destroyed one man was killed and ten men were injured there it Is reported that at bay the crater of an extinct volcanic Is emitting flames and smoke and it Is thought that the earthquake originated there the records of jamaica con tain no previous mention of of this volcano appeals have been sent to all sec alons of the island asking for assist ance foodstuffs are needed above all things business Is at standstill some shops were opened by who have raised the prices on goods one thousand per cent this so angered the people that the were driven out and their shops looted the hope of famine relief lies in the banana cap which has not been injured there have been a number of other shocks since the first disastrous one and the repetitions keep the people in a state of terror the hamburg am steamer Prin zessin victoria louise which ran ashore at the bar bor entrance dec ac Is now a total loss the topography of the country has been changed and the navigation into this harbor materially altered |