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Port Royal Street, Kingston
Photograph of a group of men clearing rubble off Port Royal Street, following the January 14, 1907 earthquake.
Post office and court house, Kingston, after the 1907 earthquake
Photograph of the damages to the court house and post office caused by the 1907 earthquake.
Rear view of the offices of the Royal Mail Steamship Co.
A rear view of the offices of the Royal Mail Steamship Company showing damages in the aftermath of the 1907 earthquake in Jamaica.
Refugee camp
Cooking, cleaning and other housekeeping activities taking place at a temporary shelter, set up in Kingston after earthquake and fire in Kingston.
Regiment sentinel
Soldier of West Indies Regiment in role of sentinel at the corner of Harbour and Church Street. He has set up a temporary shelter using zinc and other material from wrecked buildings.
Remains of Alms-House in Kingston
The remains of one of the buildings at the Alms-House, Kingston splintered into matchwood by the hurricane.
Remains of the Military Hospital after the earthquake. January 14th, 1907
Bricks from the military hospital that has been destroyed by the great earthquake of 1907, strewn across the yard.
Roman Catholic Cathedral after the earthquake
Ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, located at the corner of Duke and Sutton streets, Kingston, after being destroyed by earthquake in 1907.
Roman Catholic Cathedral, Kingston
The Roman Catholic Cathedral completely destroyed in the aftermath of the earthquake on January 14, 1907.
Royal Artillery Store for Victoria Battery, Port Royal (also called Giddy House)
A view of the partially sunken cartridge store [left] and the Royal Artillery Store [right] after the earthquake in Port Royal, Kingston.
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Kingston Public Hospital employee demonstration
"The predominantly female accounting staff at the K.P.H. demonstrating over the absence of air-conditioning in their office. They have undergirded…