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THE RUSH TO THE WHARVES. A FRANTIC CROWD. LONDON, January 18. The Governor's residence was badly damaged. All the churches have suffered. The Health Board is straining every nerve to divert pestilence. Constant Springs Hotel, where Sir A. Jones's party was lodged, was burned. Eight American tourists are reported, missing. Many natives will be in danger of starvation unless immediate relief is afforded. The Fruit Company's lighters rescued Beven hundred who were pushed off the wharves by maddened crowds seeking shelter from the flames. The police estimate the deaths at 1200, and the list of injured at several thousand. . _ • Government trains are conveying the homeless to Port Antonio. Mr Hall Came appeared before the curtain at the Adelphi Theatre and appealed for funds, stating, that his brother had a narrow escape in Jamaica. ' -■ The BHtish insurance offices escape loss almost entirely.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8832, 19 January 1907, Page 7
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