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Captain Mahan forwards lists of “Medical and Pay Department stores” sent to Kingston, Jamaica, which were not returned. The enclosed lists include sugar, butter, and other food stuffs, as well as muslin, chloroform, and boric acid.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-21
Navy Medical Inspector Ames writes a narrative to Admiral Davis relating the events that unfolded when he arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, to provide medical relief after the earthquake. Ames found the city of Kingston to be absolutely demolished, and the populace to be in a “dazed, frightened, and nervous condition.” When Ames offers medical assistance and advice to Governor James Alexander Swettenham, the assistance is refused, and the suggestions denied, with the exception of some limited supplies for which the governor is thankful. Because both Ames and Davis, among others, found that the official city response was lacking, Davis informed Governor Swettenham that the naval medical officers would establish an independent hospital that would serve everyone “irrespective of age, sex, creed, or nationality.” The Jesuit fathers gave their cottage in Winchester Park as the site of the hospital, and they were able to treat many injured people with the help of the Sisters of Mercy. Ames offers comments on the casualties and destruction caused by the earthquake.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
Captain Mahan reports to Rear Admiral Davis the extraordinary work of Navy men in responding to the earthquake crisis in Kingston, Jamaica. Mahan names individual sailors who have performed remarkably well in the dangerous conditions. They commanded the work done on shore, quelled a mutiny at the penitentiary, and repaired the Plumb Point Lighthouse.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-19
Captain Mahan updates Rear Admiral Davis on the work done by sailors on Friday, January 18, in Kingston, Jamaica, following a devastating earthquake.
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1907-01-18
D. J. Marx, the Acting Warrant Machinist on the USS Indiana, reports on the condition of the Plum Point Lighthouse in Kingston, Jamaica, and what was done to repair it. The reported damage to the lighthouse was likely due to an earthquake that occurred in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 14, 1907.
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1907-01-18
Sister Madeline asks if Rear Admiral Davis would be willing to send two white American children, Ada Manguall and Norman Manguall, back to the United States. She provides the address of their mother and explains that their father left the children as boarders. She feels that at this time the Deaconess Home’s resources are better geared towards helping those Jamaicans on the island who need their help following the earthquake.
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1907-01-18
Paymaster E. F. Hall reports updates on the U.S. emergency response in Jamaica following the earthquakes. Famine is kept mostly at bay, though certain provisions are difficult to obtain. He notices that there are still many injured people who have not received medical care. With the help of local priests, they assist some injured people in receiving that care. The British troops, however, are not being as helpful as they could be.
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1907-01-18
Lieutenant Dinger reports on the damage to the electric power house and ice making plant in Kingston, Jamaica, after the earthquake. He estimates that the electric power house can be fixed in a week and the ice plant will take several weeks.
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1907-01-18
Lieutenant Abernathy describes the USS Indiana‘s relief efforts after the Kingston, Jamaica, earthquake: clearing of King Street and Harbor Street, tearing down unsafe walls, searching for survivors, and disposing of victims’ bodies. Abernathy states that his men, including L. Cresap and W. C. Barker, continued their work until Admiral C. H. Davis sent orders to return to their ship. Abernathy also mentions that Mr. Morrison offered all the assistance he could.
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1907-01-18
Captain Mahan provides a detailed chronology of events that occurred and work completed by U.S. forces in Kingston, Jamaica, following the earthquake.
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1907-01-17
Lieutenant Green reports on the work of his men in Kingston, Jamaica, following the earthquake. The men were split into two parties: one to exhume dead bodies from the ruins and the other to pull down dangerous walls. Green describes in detail the work accomplished by both parties.
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1907-01-17
Rear Admiral Davis asks Governor Swettenham if he is cleared to use his men as work parties to clear rubble after the Kingston earthquake. Davis believes that he can do much to assist private individuals without interfering with Jamaican government officials.
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1907-01-17
Huntington Wilson informs Theodore Roosevelt he has received a gold medal from the King of Italy in recognition of services rendered to citizens who suffered damages from an earthquake in Calabria and Sicily in 1908.
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1911-06-10
Ezra William Decoto, Probation Officer of Alameda County, was instructed to investigate conditions at the Golden Gate Orphanage and Industrial Farm run by Wilfred C. Bourne and his wife, Alice A. Bourne. This report includes testimonials from the State Board of Examiners, the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, and the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, all of whom think the management and conditions at the orphanage are positive and benefit the children living there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12
The earthquake caused significant damage to Stanford University. David Starr Jordan, Stanford’ s president, will be unable to go on the planned expedition to Japan since he must stay at Stanford during the summer. Jordan has asked his colleague, Professor Gilbert, to assume Jordan’s responsibilities on the expedition.
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1906-04-20
Victor Howard Metcalf updates President Roosevelt on the conditions following the earthquake in San Fransisco, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-26