Americans and Jamaicans clash over relief ships in Kingston
In Kingston on January 21 Rear Admiral Davis fought with Governor Swettenham over US relief work as Missouri Indiana and Yankton prepared to sail back. Swettenham refused further aid, insisting no armed party remain, while Davis praised the relief effort and offered help to the stricken city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Davis
Swettenham
United States
Missouri
Indiana
Governor Swettenham
ernor Swettenham
London
Great Britain
Daily Mail
Crosswell
Crossewell
navy
New York
ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM
The Duke of Marlborough and the Kingston Tragedy
The article notes the duke Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill born 1871 and linked to Consuelo Vanderbilt amid unsettled marriages. It then details the Kingston earthquake aftermath with thousands dead or missing, widespread fires, famine fears, and relief efforts redirected by Jamaica Governor Swettenham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Churchill
Blenheim
Duke
Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill
Holy Roman Empire
Mindelheim
Sunbia
Swettenham Declines American Aid In Kingston Relief
Governor Swettenham faces criticism over his refusal of American aid for Kingston relief after the disaster. Rear Admiral Davis counters, reporting the Celtic relief ship ordered by Roosevelt was countermanded. Residents condemn the governor’s stance while the burned district still suffers a deadly stench.
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Swettenham
New York Relief Committee
New York
Kingston
Kingston relief committee
Jamaica
Allegheny
Prinz Joachim
Port Antonio
Davis
house
Roosevelt
Celtic
Associated Press
government hospital
Panama canal
Three Americans Return From Stricken Kingston After Jamaica Quake
United Fruit steamship Admiral Farragut arrives in Philadelphia with three Kingston visitors from the Hotel Royal area. Mrs. Albert Turner and Grace Barton Turner of Pessaic New Jersey and Edward W. Longley of Newtownville Massachusetts recount the destruction, firefight, and rescuing efforts amid collapsed buildings, bandaged wounds, and unburied dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Fruit company
Admiral Farragut
Port Antonio
Kingston
Jamaica
Albert Turner
Grace Barton Turner
Pessaic
N. J
Edward W. Longley
Newtownville
Mass
Hotel Royal
Miss Turner
Red Cross Society
Mr. Longley
Edward Longley
Harbour
King
Byrtle Bank
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Blover
Birely
Palace of Music
Biraly
Garneri Market
Church Streets
Frederick, Md
A. G. QUYNN &CO
EAST PATRICK STREET
GEORGE L. CRAMER
Central National Sanki Building
Carvers
CENTRAL HOWE.CO
UTH MARKET STREET
JAMES E E. DOLL
GU. Bane Wreferiak Os
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
C.E.FINE
C. EH. Fink
Carnegie, Pa
Mrs. Pinkham
ROSENSTOCK BROS
ONE-PRICE OUTFITTERS
THE
FREDERICK COUNTY FARMERS’ EXCHANGE
Carroll Street
Zaigler Bros
MARKEY’S
Gcon-shoes
U. S
Kington
DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
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