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- Collection: Great Earthquake of Kingston
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Steel & brick chimney
Broken brick chimney overthrown to north eastern side of Kingston's General Penitentiary. A large number of sticks have been heaped to one side of the prison.
Wesleyan Chapel
Wreckage at the Wesleyan Chapel (looking west) in Kingston, showing damage to both gables. Two men are standing in the foreground.
Wrecked second storey, 17 East Street
Damage to the second storey of a dwelling located at 17 East Street, Kingston.
Burned & wrecked district, Kingston
Workers using mules and carts to help with clearing of bricks and debris after the 1907 earthquake, Kingston.
Temporary post office (Kingston Earthquake)
Two men sorting mail in a makeshift post office after the 1907 earthquake.
King Street from Parish Church, south
A look at King Street, from the Parish Church in Kingston, after damage by earthquake and fire on January 14, 1907.
Earthquake shattered store room at the University College of the West Indies
Complete destruction of a store-room at the University of the West Indies by the 1907 earthquake.
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Orange Park, St. Thomas
The main house of the Orange Park coffee plantation in Yallahs, St. Thomas which eventually became home to the late Professor Basil Barrington Watson.