AN ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGE.
I. ; (Received January 17, 11.22 p.m.) I: NEW YORK, January 17. . The "New York Herald's" Kingston
correspondent states that Mr Henniker Heaton estimates the deaths at from five hundred to a thousand. Many others confirm the latter figure. The damage is estimated at from £2,000,000 to £3,000,000. Owing to the destruction of the asylum, many lunatics are at large. Thousands of homeless natives are living on bananas and sleeping in the streets. Eight hundred of the principal buildings, including churches, banks, public offices and warehouses, are in ruins. The ships in the harbour slipped their anchors and proceeded to sea, escaping the centre of the shock. Tremors much lighter were felt at Bull Bay, a distance of ten miles away, and were scarcely felt at Holland Bay.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8831, 18 January 1907, Page 1
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