Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 4001/13.

Consul Snyder to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

Holland Bay, Jamaica,January 22, 1907.

Estimate 1,500 instantly killed; about 900 buried; others burned where found; many injured dead since; after inquiry learn no Americans identified dead or injured. Kingston Hotel not yet cleared; Americans presumed buried there. Approximate total deaths 1,800. No scarcity food. Medicines, disinfectants urgently needed. Water supply fair. Thirty thousand reported homeless. Clearing streets of debris rapidly pursued. People tranquil.

Snyder.