THE AREA DESTROYED.
RENEWED SHOCKS. DESTRUCTIVE TIDAL WAVE. REVIVAL OF A VOLCANO. CHINESE BUSINESS METHODSfr .: AN ANGRY POPULACE. (Received January 19, 8.23 a.m.) KINGSTON, January 18. One-thirtieth and not one thirteenth of Kingston has been destroyed by th* fire. More shocks were experienced yestsrrday. A tidal wiave in Anota Bay swsft away houses, and advices thence stall that an extinct volcano is shooting ou( i flames. It is believed that the earth quake originated there. Chinese in Kingston opened provi> sion shops and raised prices one thousand per cent. The populace were bo I angered that the Chinese had to fleet and their shops were looted. | Bananas are plentiful, piwenti-fl famine. . ' ; :
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8832, 19 January 1907, Page 4
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