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Shambles on Race Course, after great earthquake, January 14th, 1907

Structures for housing refugees, erected at the Kingston Race Course (now National Heroes Park) after the earthquake of 1907.

People occupying shacks made of wood and zinc at Race Course (now National Heroes Park), after being displaced by earthquake on January 14, 1907.

Damage to the roof and building of the Rum Warehouse and Customs building in Kingston.

Ruin of a Roman Catholic Church in Jamaica in the aftermath of the 1907 earthquake.

A view of the City of Kingston taken from the sea after the earthquake and fire in 1907

A thoroughly wrecked brick building next to a dispensary.

Tags: Brick houses - Earthquake effects; Brick walls; Bricks; Buildings - Earthquake effects; Earthquake damage; Earthquake effects; Kingston (Jamaica)

A view of the partially sunken cartridge store [left] and the Royal Artillery Store [right] after the earthquake in Port Royal, Kingston.

The Roman Catholic Cathedral completely destroyed in the aftermath of the earthquake on January 14, 1907.

Ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, located at the corner of Duke and Sutton streets, Kingston, after being destroyed by earthquake in 1907.

Bricks from the military hospital that has been destroyed by the great earthquake of 1907, strewn across the yard.