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Port Royal St., short angle King St
Damaged buildings all along Port Royal Street. Men are working to clear the rubble.
King Street looking north, east side
A busy scene along the east side of King Street in Kingston, looking north.
Subsidence area
Area of subsidence in Port Royal after 1907 earthquake.
Column twisted on pedestal, Charleston Cemetery
Column shifted by earthquake in 1907.
Damage to brick wall
Bricks from a damaged wall arranged on the floor.
Damage to frame building
A wooden-frame building without walls. In the background, is the Kingston Parish Church with a damaged clocktower.
Debris on Church Street
Effects of the 1907 earthquake on Church Street, Kingston, showing a sidewalk covered with bricks and debris.
Destruction at epicentre
Destruction at epicentre of the 1907 earthquake at the corner of Harbour and East Streets, Kingston.
Destruction, Gothic English Cathedral
Damaged brick walls at the Cathedral in Kingston. A sign advertising a lawn party at the Myrtle Bank Hotel is hanging on the cathedral's ruined staircase.
Ruined brick building
A thoroughly wrecked brick building next to a dispensary.
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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.
