CHANGES IN KINGSTON HARBOUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13391, 21 January 1907, Page 5

CHANGES IN KINGSTON HARBOUR.

THE SHORES SUBMERGED. FEARS FOR THE CITY. London, January 18. Rear-Admiral Evans, who has arrived at Kingston in the destroyer Whipple, reports that a tidal wave which followed the earthquake has changed the topography of Kingston Harbour. The southern portion of the town has become submerged, and islets in the harbour have disappeared below the surface. The whole coast, is subsiding. Private telegrams from Kingston state that the shores of the harbour are sinking. It is feared that the city will sink into the sea. The water has already encroached a hundred feet. The whole of the wharves at Kingston are either burned or sinking. - (Received January 20. 4.31 p.m.i Kingston, January 19. The increasing subsidence of the shores at Kingston and Port Royal is causing alarm.

RECOVERING THE DEAD. London. January '8. Many more bodies have been tin earthed from the ruins at. Kingston. SIR JAMES FERGUSSON'S FATE. London, January 18. Mr. Henniker Heaton states that within an hour of his parting from Sir James Fergusson the. latter was buried under tons of bricks from a falling building. His failure to return to Government House first aroused fears for his fate. His remains have been discovered. (Received January 20, 4.31 p.m.) Kingston. January 19. Sir James Fergusson's watch and purse were the only means of his identification.