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Kingston Jamaica earthquake toll and emergency response
Descriptions from London and Philadelphia detail Kingston Jamaica destroyed by a Monday earthquake and ensuing fire. Forty soldiers and several prominent citizens were killed. military hospitals burned. U.S. warships ordered to aid. residents and Philadelphians abroad worry about missing locals.
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London
Colonial Office
Kingston
Jamaica
Hamar Greenwood
M. P
Holland Bay
James Ferguson
Alexander Swettenham
Sir Alfred Jones
Port Kingston
Alfred Jones
U. S
Washington
Metcalf
Admiral Evans
United States
Guantanamo
Cuba
Philadelphia
J. Robert Foulke
the Provident Trust Company
Rebecca
George M. Gould
Contant Springs
Florence, N.J
Abram D. Hallman
Norristown
Montgomery County
P. K. Gable
Rambo