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Chelsea Avenue (Kingston)
"Chelsea Avenue was one of the first roads reported to be flooded recently as rains from Hurricane Katrina pelted the island. A Volkswagen is seen trying to make its way through the water at the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Half-Way Tree Road."
The Jamaica Conference Centre
View of the Jamaica Conference Centre in Downtown, Kingston with cars parked on the side of the road. The Hotel Oceana, located at no. 2 King Street, is in background.
Harbour Street ca. 1960
A photograph showing a truck, cars, pedestrians and a number 2 bus [Harbour View East/City Centre route], travelling along Harbour Street. Business places such as 'Pauls', 'East Indian Bazaar', 'Barclays Bank' and 'Levy Brothers Electrical Ltd' are…
Destroyed bus shed
"Another bus shed gone: Another bus shed in the Corporate Area was destroyed when this car crashed into the shed along Mountain View Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Driver Leslie Brown said he swerved to avoid crashing in the back of a JOS bus and crashed…
Accident on Rockfort Road
"This motorcar skidded on the wet road while travelling from Harbour View and landed in the harbour in front of Flour Mills on the Rockfort Road. Here it is shown as a wrecker pulls it out. The driver Trevor Brown of Stony Hill was unhurt."
Car plunged in gully
"Gully plunged: A policeman gets details from the license disc of a Buick Skylark which plummeted off this bridge at about 11:45 am yesterday. The car was going north along Red Hills Road when it got out of control and slammed into the bridge near…
Crashed station wagon
"Aston Swaby was admitted to the Kingston Public Hospital yesterday in a serious condition after the station wagon he was driving crashed into this building along Molynes Road near Andrew Park."
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Falmouth Parish Church
View of the oldest public building in the town of Falmouth - the Falmouth Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle. It was built in 1795 on lands…