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  • Collection: Great Earthquake of Kingston

The Jamaica Club

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The Jamaica Club at 59 Hanover Street, destroyed in the 1907 earthquake.

The Governor's Coach

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Passengers of the Governor's Coach standing on the outside and looking on as a woman hands a floral arrangement to a man and woman.

Tents on the course

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Tents set up for displaced citizens

Tent for earthquake refugees in a home

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Tent erected for refugees in a yard after the 1907 earthquake. Two ladders have been placed against the property's yard to provide access.

Temporary post office (Kingston Earthquake)

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Two men sorting mail in a makeshift post office after the 1907 earthquake.

Sussex Hall, after Great Earthquake January 14th, 1907

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Sussex Hall after the Great Earthquake of January 14, 1907. The fence and steps leading to the property are intact but there is significant damage to the Sussex Hall building.

Subsidence

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Land sinking at a section of Port Royal after earthquake in 1907.

Submergence

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Prince George Battery, Port Royal, submerged by earthquake in 1907.