Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1907 — KINGSTON IN WOE. [ARTICLE]

KINGSTON IN WOE.

Desolated Jamaican City May Neve* Be Reballt. _ Slowly the conviction Is self even upon Jamaicans that Kingston will never be rebuilt Except that th&< streets have been cleared of debris, the city lies to-day in practically tbo condition that the earthquake left It A few plank buildings have been erect- g ed to accommodate certain lines of business, but they are of light, rude construction and can not be regarded as otherwise than temporary. Nowhere is there sign that any of the substantial structures a?e to be rebuilt. There is no money in the island. Not a man in Kingston but suffered and : most men lost their all. The insurance companies without exception have 1 refused to pay any earthquake claims and investors of all nations are giving ? the island a wide berth. This stand of the insurance companies has result»|| ed in an epidemic of Incendiary Area. | Many owners of property damaged by quake and fire, made desperate by their failure to collect insurance indemnities. ] fired their buildings that they might eomptetcly destroyed to enable theml to make a claim for fire damages notf] connected with the earthquake.