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Large lumberyard located near a railway.

Buildings with Georgian architectural style in rural Jamaica. The one-storey building to the left is a hotel.

Large palms surround a small dwelling by the seashore. Before the property is a dirt road and a small bridge over the water running into the sea. In the sea is a pier to which a small boathouse is attached.

Country road in Jamaica surrounded by trees.

"BOMBED OUT: Firemen putting out the last of the flames that gutted this building at 9 Ripon Road, Kingston, on Wednesday night. It is reported that at about 10:30 pm, four men travelling in a car threw gas bombs at the building owned by Warren…

"ALL THAT'S LEFT: The burnt out building and some twisted remains of the stock of one of two furniture stores at a building at 130 Princess Street in Kingston early Tuesday morning. The damage was estimated at some $50,000 and police suspect burglars…

"What was left of these buildings along New North Street in Fletchers Land Monday evening. Seven premises were affected by the fire said to have been started by arsonists."

"SPANISH TOWN ROAD FIRE: Curious spectators take an inside look at the remains of the bar and restaurant operated by Bernard McIntosh after it was extensively damaged by fire yesterday morning. Another apartment which housed a syrup factory operated…

"The fire brigade has been making frequent visits to the garbage dump on the Causeway. They have been putting out fires fuelled by garbage, and which give off thick smoke, creating smoke, creating problems for users of the already dangerous road."

"Frustrated firemen had to rely solely on water from their trucks as the mains supplied 'only a trickle'."