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"The homeless couple: Charlton Mitchell, 30, and his common-law-wife Yvonne Grant, 19, with their 20-month-old son, Cleveland. They lost their two-apartment timber house during the September 18 downpour when the raging Pen Gully overflowed its banks…

"Health hazard - Brown's Gully in Morant Bay has stagnant water and heavy morass all year round except when there's a down-pour of rain to flush the gully. It is one of the many breeding grounds for mosquitoes and ring-worms. In addition, residents…

"At long last: Road repairs - work has now commenced on the existing bad road surfaces in St. Thomas which had been a cause for complaint among motorists. This stretch of road currently under-going repairs is between Lyssons and Retreat on the main…

"The owner and rider of this motor-cycle, Joseph Murray of a Dumfries Crescent address in Morant Bay, was admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital shortly before midnight Saturday in a near unconscious state after the motor-cycle he was riding with…

"Curious onlookers inspect the wreckage of this Morris Minor motor car which left the roadway of a Jamaica Sugar Estates road in St. Thomas and ended up in a canal last Wednesday. Driver Dervin Webley, 17, of Stokes Hall who had driven out the…

"Curious onlookers inspecting the damage to this tanker which crashed into a bridge, one mile from Port Morant on Friday. The bridge was also damaged. Owned by Ivan Jackson of 11 3/4 Seabreeze Avenue, Kingston 2, the tanker was being driven by Lloyd…

"Out of accident sweets: If this van looks pretty shaken up it is understandable because our cameraman happened along just after it had been put back on its four wheels after overturning and spilling its load of assorted concentrated box…

"Another victim: parked vehicles continue to take their toll among unwary motorists. The mini-bus above was only the second vehicle to crash into a parked tipper truck at Duhaney Pen in St. Thomas on Thursday. First victim was MP Dr Adrian Bonner…

"Bikeman's narrow escape: This Valiant car registered in the name of Ludlow Haughton got out of control while negotiating the deep curve at Grants Pen Hill and collided with the Honda 175 motorcycle lying in front, owned and ridden by Patrick Harris…

"William Baker of White-Horses District in St. Thomas sustained multiple injuries and was admitted at Princess Margaret Hospital when this Ministry of Health jeep he was driving crashed into a Humber Sceptre motor car owned and driven by Phillip…