REPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR.
BODIES RECOVERED. PROVISION SHOPS DESTROYED. LONDON, January 18. The Governor of Jamaica reports that the earthquake was confined to the parishes of Kingston, Port Royal and St Andrew. The fire has practically ceased. The district burned comprises a triangular area between the Parade Gardens, the sea and Duke and Princess Streets, comprising one-thirteenth of- the city. Many wharves were burned. The negroes are not disposed to assist in clearing the debris, though they, have been offered double wages. Three hundred and forty-three bodies were buried up to noon yesterday. The people encamped in the Parade Gardens, the racecourse and other open spaces are reluctant to return to their ruined houses while the weather is fine. Most of the provision shops were burned, and it is difficult to procure provisions. there is some pilfering, the population is wonderfully patient, though listless. The direct cable has been broken three miles off the coast. Both telegraph offices have been burnt.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8832, 19 January 1907, Page 7
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