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General Penitentiary overthrown

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A damaged door and overthrown soft bricks in piles on the ground, at the eastward side of the General Penitentiary, a penal institution in Kingston, Jamaica

Sunday morning - Up Park Camp

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Women and girls walking past dwellings near Up-Park Camp on a Sunday morning. Two men, one attired in military uniform, are in the foreground.

Burned & wrecked district, Kingston

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Workers using mules and carts to help with clearing of bricks and debris after the 1907 earthquake, Kingston.

Destruction at epicentre

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Destruction at epicentre of the 1907 earthquake at the corner of Harbour and East Streets, Kingston.

Debris on Church Street

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Effects of the 1907 earthquake on Church Street, Kingston, showing a sidewalk covered with bricks and debris.