Kingston Disaster Chronicle From Admiral Evans Dispatches
Rear Admiral Evans at Guantanamo relays the first comprehensive wireless report on Kingston’s earthquake and fire disaster. US consulate papers saved. 50 blue jackets guard Kingston. American casualties unclear though about 1,004 deaths cited. ships Indiana Missouri Yankton Whipple move to Kingston while supplies rush in from port Antonio and Port Antonio reports no American casualties.
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Atlantic Fleet
Stacken
Blue Jackets New Guard
Port Antonio
Evans
Guantanamo
Kingston
State Department
Willam Harrett
Groun
Nicholas
R Snyder
Port Antonia
Admiral Evans
Department
Indiana
Davis
Cov Swettenham
Admiral Davis
Admirel Evans
Deatr
Whipple
Admral Davis
Washington
Cuban
Penitentiary
New York Vnd
Prinz Friedrich Hoeinrich
Nicholas R. Snyder
Yankton
Missouri
Coltla
Glacier
Grateful yet humiliated over Kingston naval aid
Special Cable Dispatch from London reports the American fleet assistance at Kingston praised by the public for its help while critics use the incident to condemn government naval budget cuts. The Globe laments imperial neglect and the Mail warns cuts harmed West Indies interests leaving England’s naval prestige at risk.
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Washington Post
London
Kingston
Globe
America
West Indies
Mail
England
Atrato Arrives From Kingston With West Indies Tourists
The steamer Atrato from Kingston Jamaica reached port with forty two saloon passengers including Kingston residents seeking news of relatives left on the island. They learned of the disaster through wireless reports of an earthquake with 409 killed and 1001 injured. Further details arrived later from a coast wireless station.
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New York
Atrato
Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
KingstonAftermath and Relief Efforts Reported
Reports describe ongoing relief work in Kingston after a disaster. Officials, nurses, and American naval doctors aid the wounded while guarding against looting. Rebuilding is stalled. housing and lumber are scarce, yet Jamaica remains supplied with food and shelter.
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Kingston
Swettenham
St Andrew
Jamaica
Colonial
Nova Scotia
Governor cooks food amid wrecked Tamar city strikes
A Kingst on dispatch reports American warships aiding wounded amid mass homelessness in Tamar. Government depots and a bakery opened to feed victims. 30 000 homeless. Sparks of religious fervor and looting followed after tremors. death toll rises. debris cleared. fears of epidemic and aftershocks continue.
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Washington Post
London
Kingston
Tamar
Gov Swettenham
Hugh Bourne
King Street
Itte
Shea Jury Divided in Chicago Labor Conspiracy Trial
After a 12 day trial of Cornelius P Shea and ten associates in a case charging conspiracy to injure Montgomery Ward during the 1906 Teamsters strike, the jury reported no verdict by nightfall. Eleven defendants faced a lengthy legal battle with hundreds of witnesses and a cost near $100,000. The court waited for a verdict as jurors remained split with likely acquittal versus guilty positions.
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Chicago
Cornelius P Shea
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Todny
Criminal Court
Ball
Montgomerys Ward & Co
Teamsters
Albert Young
Teamsters' Union
William Kelley
Michael Murphy
Jamaica earthquake relief efforts gain height in America
Chicago launches a relief drive through the British Umpire Association to aid Kingston victims. The Salvation Army orders canvassing across the West, while the Hamborg-American Line ships Allegheny with clothing and food, joined by further consignments from Red Cross and Navy supplies headed for Jamaica.
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Chicago
Salvation Army
West
New York
Hamborg- American Line
Allegheny
Jamaica
Kingston
The
Red Cross Society
Prinz Joachim
South American
New York-Kingston
Glacier
United States Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
West Indian Waters
Guantanamo
Admiral Hvans
Evans
British Umpire Association
Erigaton
George Akah Bey
Army
Refugee ship Oteri reaches Cuba with 132 aboard
The Oteri docked at daylight in Santiago after leaving Kingston Friday with 132 passengers including George H Hazen of Century Magazine and H W M Fickinger of Cuba Eastern Railroad. Reports say over 1,000 dead from earthquake and fire, many women among the victims, and the Machado cigar factory collapse confirmed though only thirty employees reportedly died. The first relief consignment arrived from the International Brotherhood League, and doctors from Kingston are joining the Oteri. The city is well policed as volunteers assist, while the Prins Waldemar is a total loss and repairs to Kingston harbor light proceed.
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American National Red Cross
Kingston
Jamaica
Charles L Magee
National Society
New York City
Rigaton
William H Orrett
Allegheny
Hamburg-American Zone
Red Cross
Jong
Magee
American Red Cross
China
Rad Croga
McGee
San Fransisco
Santiago
Cuba
Oteri
George H Hazen
Century Megazine
HW M Fickinger
Cuba Eastern
Machado
International Brotherhood League
Oterk
Swettenham
Prins Waldemar
Hamburg-American Line
Victoria
Luise
Candita
Oterl
Tidal wave near Tokyo Bay reported without damage
Chicago dispatch to the Daily News from Tokyo notes a tidal wave at the entrance to Tokyo Bay yesterday with no damage reported. Edward B. Helm received a cable claiming his wife, feared injured in the Jamaica earthquake, had arrived safely at Port Limon Costa Rica after leaving Jamaica the day before.
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Chicago
Daily News
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Yesterda
Helm
Edward B. Helm
District Building
Jamaica
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Jamaica Compared With Cuba in Bryce’s View
Special to The Washington Post reports James Bryce argues Jamaica and Cuba share many features yet Jamaica is more densely populated and cultivated. He notes Jamaica's African element dominates, whites are scarce, and landscapes show extensive agricultural development versus Cuba’s wilder tracts.
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Washington Post
New York
Sro James Bryce
The
Evening Post
Jamaica
Cuba
North America
Europe
Tiamaita
Nefro
Tamaica
Getire
Blue Mountains
Pelopes
Cuba and Jamaica Towns Compared in Colonial Style
The essay contrasts Cuban towns like Cienfuegos and Santiago with Kingston Jamaica, noting Spanish colonial layouts and plazas in Cuba versus Jamaica's brick and wood streets, squalor in poorer areas, and greater tree beauty. It discusses racial and educational differences, with English towns seen as practical but less picturesque, and Jamaica described as largely a "negro town" outside few European villas.
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Cuba
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Manzavillo
Santiago
Alameda
Old
Spain
Kingston
Jamaica
Santiago de la Vega
United States
Havana
Matanzas
Santigo
Clenfuegogs
Names of guests at various hotels and homes across cities
A long list of individuals and couples staying at hotels and homes in Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond New York City and other areas. The names include many with titles and spouses and span multiple venues such as New Willard Metropolitan and St James.
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Gaentha Haleigh
Walker
St James
Schommaer Wow
Ward
Mrek K
Metropolitan
Pitman
Pricey
Lindergran
Ffelford
Oh Bacon
W Brown
Ebbett
Charlotte H Allen Riggs
A Wood
New Winard
Cuicago
R J McCor
William
Chenoweth dc
EB & Waiters
Weathererbolt
F Hawley
Raleigh CP Neatherly
Bursacats
E White
Ebbit
McManus
Newell New Wil
New York City
de Forest Ely
George Rhoup
Gressing
Edward Lockwood
AE Davidson
John T Nevasti
Hautman
Alexander Pape
Raleigh
Raleigh M J Wolf, Clarence M Smith, Metropolitan @ @ Bonwell Charles Allesenttz
James Brewer
Marke
Bim Bernstain
Gmart
WcOall
St. James
William Roberte
James A Davey
N P Rogers
Hbbitt
J Teeple Riggs
H P Dunham
R. J Higgins
Macstane Coxe
EP Prentles
W Lander
Leonard Reibald
Share
Share~hem
de A. JO Leary
A P Har Jook
Carl R Schultz
Arlington
Charles
Benjamin Douglas E
H Fallows
Otis H Cutler
J Warren Bird
Howe
William Robinson
Clarence Nelson
H W
Chatfield
J Dohse
J Schaefer
KE Ryan
Geraldine Ryan
H M Miller
New Willard
M Searle
Miss J Hamilton
John L. Lepper
Robertson
Hiladelphia
Jane A. Pennypacker
L. Buckley
A Cartett
H T Bonney
van Alen
E Petterson
Shoreham
Hubbard
J L Dies
John C Dawson
Ethel Cantlin
New Willard Fittaborg
Grille
Raleigh T .W Johnston
Holleau
Mergaith
Charles B
Jennings
F Watson
Hamilton Stewart
A. M. Imbrie
John H. Armstrong
Lennox
New
Alabama
Lea E Gage
Mobile
Terra Haute
Enbitt
Kentucky
T Campan
Newport
Maesachusetts
W Wilde
Cambridge
Henry S Lyons
Brooktine
Michigan
Cherle F Galienkamp
N Hand Jam
Bouls
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Colon
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Sir Alfred Jones
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Rome
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Fort de France
Martinique
Kleber
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Georgetown
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Maver Oeaus Sey
Cece
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Verona
Rose
Mission Furniture
Ric
John P Cameron
Rockingham
Wilson Winston St James
Ohio
H Hoffman
T B
Van
Aistine
George H Snyder
Shive
Jon
F Brenner
JR Long, Jr
Dowell
Andrew Cabrice
Gligen Franke
Ealawin
Youngstown
J Mf Shine
JC Wallace
Liverpool
Dal FE Horton Ashtabula
Lamb
Adams
Norman
Warrn
Chagam Struhan
Nabmean Lowelevtl
Parke
Parge
Cleveland
Agner
Cincinnati
Sam Juston
Columbus St James
Werner Cincinnati
Kew Wizard
Pennsylvania
PC. Rubight
Williamsport
Hanner
Sparg
Reading
Shoreham Ranesefe
M Spellman Jr
Memphis
Nashville
Virginia
Pierce Herbert Wingfeld
Charlotteavile
Eric R Mller
Mount Weather
Baskerville
Roanoke
Darden
Norfolk Charles Hine Vienna
Nottingham
Fite
Cape Charles
Metropoltan
Rogers
Smited States Army
Henry H Hall
Wits
United States Navy
Victor A. Kimberliy
F Swayne Cuilion
Mme Rene Taillandeer
France
Arthur B Campbell
James McDonald Jr
Landon
New Wyllard
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