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King Street looking south 7:30 am - morning after the shocks

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Severe damage to buildings, infrastructure and public utilities along King Street, Kingston, caused by earthquake in 1907. A large number of citizens are walking in a southern direction in the middle of the street.

Royal Artillery Store, Victoria Battery 1888

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A man stands by the Royal Artillery Store building that was made lopsided by the 1907 earthquake. The tilt to this 1888 building has resulted in it being nicknamed 'Giddy House'.

Overlooking Kingston after great earthquake, 1907

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Aerial photograph showing damage to the city of Kingston by the Kingston earthquake of 1907.

Uprooted rail lines outside machine shop, Port Royal, after earthquake

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A man stands by a section of a railway in Port Royal that has been uprooted from the earth as a result of the earthquake in 1907. In the background is a machine shop that has been partially destroyed.

Royal Military Hospital Camp

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Remains of the Military Hospital , completely demolished by the 1907 earthquake. Tents have been set up on the Up Park Camp grounds to provide shelter for survivors.

Cracks in ground made by earthquake

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Small fissures on the ground after earthquake in 1907.

Item 8 - West India Regiment Album

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An unidentified member of the West India Regiment, standing by a small table and dressed in military uniform.

Item 11 - West India Regiment Album

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Two soldiers of different ranks in the West India Regiment standing together; one salutes the other.

A revival meeting

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Revivalists during a ritual at a revival meeting.

The Pukkumina cultists in ceremonial robes

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Three members of the Pocomania cult pause for a photograph during a ritual. The men are seated before a garden with roses in a bottle and a ceramic vase. The men are holding bibles, vases with roses and candles and they are dressed in ceremonial…