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Rear Admiral C. H. Davis orders Commanding Officer Dennis H. Mahan to issue stores from the U.S.S. Indiana to be distributed in Kingston, Jamaica, in response to the earthquake.
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1907-01-17
Rear Admiral C. H. Davis writes to Robley D. Evans, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, regarding the situation in Jamaica. Much of Kingston has been damaged by the earthquake and ensuing fire, and is a scene of total confusion, although shipping has not been disturbed. The governor, James Alexander Swettenham, seems to have the situation under control, and has declined assistance from Davis’s men. Davis has respected this, but believes that Swettenham has overestimated the security of the situation, especially away from the main city, and feels that the Missouri should remain until the situation is clearer.
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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
Captain Pendleton describes the aftermath of the earthquake in Kingston. Pendleton reports that over 400 people have been killed, including the Cuban Consul, and 400 more are wounded.
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1907-01-17
Vice-Consul Orrett confirms there has been an earthquake, followed by a fire, that has destroyed Kingston, Jamaica. Admiral C. H. Davis arrived in the morning offering aid.
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1907-01-17
Rear Admiral Evans informs Rear Admiral Davis that he is sending the USS Yankton to Kingston, Jamaica, with two press agents, to communicate with Davis and to deliver bandages and other supplies. Evans directs Davis to send back as soon as possible any communications for Evans and anything the public should know. Any medical officers not required in Kingston should be sent back on the Yankton, as well, so they may return to their ships. Davis should return with the two battleships as soon as they are no longer needed.
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1907-01-17
Commander Anderson of the USS Whipple reports to Rear Admiral Davis of the USS Missouri that the channel has changed, the marks are down, the pilot brought the Whipple in using private lights, no landing force was necessary, and no medical assistance was needed. Anderson also notes that there is a food shortage ashore, and they have no food to give.
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1907-01-17
In response to Poultney Bigelow’s article on the conditions in Panama, the author denounces him as a “false witness,” asserting that official records testify contrary to Poultney’s twenty-one claims against the Canal Commission as further detailed.
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1906-09-30
Francis H. Delano, commander of the Dixie, explains to Secretary of the Navy Moody the sequence of events that took place November 2-9, 1903, in Colon, Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-10