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  • Collection: Great Earthquake of Kingston

The Mico Training College

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Mico Training College (now Mico University College) after sustaining significant damage from the earthquake on January 14th, 1907.

Tents on the course

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Tents set up for displaced citizens

Corpses under debris

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Corpses (unseen) under debris from earthquake and fire.

Myrtle Bank Hotel

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Myrtle Bank Hotel before the 1907 earthquake.

Foot of King St., looking south

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Buildings completely damaged by the 1907 earthquake, at the bottom of King Street near the Charles Metcalfe statue. There is a ship at sea behind the statue.

The park

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Mattresses, chairs and other salvaged household items, in the park. A few men and women are loitering about and a woman is resting on one the park benches under a large tree.

The Jamaica Club

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