Jamaica Earthquake Devastates Kingston Reported Deaths and Homelessness
Jamaica dispatch reports 1000 killed and 90000 homeless after Kingston quake and fire. damage to Kingston valued at 10000000 dollars. looting, famine warnings, and urgent relief efforts rise as royal and international aid mobilizes. vessels Allegheny Prinz Joachim Atrato sail to Kingston with relief supplies.
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Kingston
St Thomas
Jamaica
James Ferguson
Royal Mail Steamship company
Portland
Wil
New York
Hamburg-American line
Julius P. Myer
Allegheny
Colon
Prinz Joachim
Royal Mail
Atrato
Kingston Destroyed by Earthquake with Hundreds Dead
Washington reports a Kingston earthquake followed by fire destroying the city and killing hundreds. Americans plan rapid aid with naval escort, food ships Celtic and Glacier en route to distribute provisions to sufferers as famine and pest conditions spread in Kingston Harbor.
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State Department
Washington
Jamaica
Kingston
Capitan Reebler
Key West
navy department
Guantanamo
Admiral Evans
Atlantic feet
Whipple
Missouri
Indiana
Celtic
Glacier
Santiago
Cuba
Bowden
Ammonia accident in East Side factory causes panic
Sixty workers fled as a 100 pound ammonia carboy fell from a hoist on the third floor and shattered. Twelve men inhaled fumes. three were hospitalized in serious condition, with one fatal case feared amid the panic and exits crowded by fleeing employees.
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New York
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