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Hagley Park Road

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"Hagley Park river."

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Highland Drive

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"2. Adina Bruff of Highland Drive uses a rake stick to test the depth of the water in the gully which runs in the back of her yard. Water overflowed the gully bank and went for her house to damage furniture and other personal effects."

"3. Stones…

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Frome (main road damaged by flood rains)

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"Frome: This mainroad in Frome was severely damaged by the flood rains."

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Constant Spring Road

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"Prelude to Carmen: This scene on Constant Spring Road was typical of many Kingston streets yesterday. Young men in bathing trunks (one is seen at right) earned quick money pushing stalled cars. Ironically, there was little water in the pipes in this…

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Columbus Drive, New Haven

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"A new discovery? It is a known fact that Columbus discovered Jamaica, and it was with this in minds that Columbus Drive in New Haven was named. But little did the citizens think that boats would be needed to sail down Columbus Drive in 1975, almost…

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Barbican Heights

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"Stuart Pattinson's home was one of those most affected in Barbican Heights during Gilda rains."

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Barbican Heights

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"A bedroom of Al Murray's house at 8 Tavistock, Barbican Heights."

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Bog Walk Gorge

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"Heavy rains on Saturday make the Bog Walk Gorge impassable as the Rio Cobre River over-runs its banks with water up to five feet in some area. Picture one shows a Public Works Department tractor assisting a Land Rover through the waters yesterday."

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Albion, St. Thomas

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"Once there was a fording: corner fording at Albion in St. Thomas was washed away Wednesday night as heavy rains sent tons of water and debris across it."

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Bamboo River District, Morant Bay

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"Dog alone: Where have all the people gone? This little dog seems to say as he surveys abandoned dwellings in Bamboo River District in Morant Bay yesterday. Occupants of over 200 houses had to be evacuated as their homes were flooded by heavy rain."

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