SIR ALFRED JONES'S PARTY.
A DISTURBED CONFERENCE, DURATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE, PROGRESS OF THE FIRE. !' THE FOOD AND MEDICINE SUPPLIES. BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 9000 HOMELESS. United Press Association— By Elfectrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received January 18, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 17. Sir Alfred L. Jones's party was attending a conference in the Collegiate Hall when the first shock was experienced, and the building rocked. All present refused to take refuge in the ships. The earthquake lasted for four minutes. The water mains were broken, and the firemen were paralysed. The debris on the water front took fire and the flames spread rapidly, assisted by a strong wind. Four streets were soon in ruins. The wind changed on Tuesday, and the fire burnt itself out. Fruit is and the neighbouring towns, Saint Thomas, Trinidad, and other islands, are ©ending food. There is a great scarcity of medicines. Scores of bodies were buried for sanitary reasons without identification, and scores of bodies still have not been extricated from the ruins. There axe 9000 homeless, and a relief fund has been opened at New York.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8831, 18 January 1907, Page 3
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