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Note on the time of the earthquake:

Writers, even when eye-witnesses, seem to disagree as to the exact minute when the earthquake occurred. The event took place between 3.29 p.m. and 3.32 p.m.; perhaps the variation is merely an indication that, then as now, watches and clocks are not always set to the correct time.

My main sources for constructing this site are:

W. Ralph Hall Caine, The Cruise of the Port Kingston, published by Collier, London, 1908

Greater British Messenger, June 1907 - pp 85-90 - report of speech by Enos Nuttall, Archbishop of the West Indies

I have attempted to locate possible copyright holders of text and pictures in these publications, but given the dates of publication this has proved an impossible task. I would be grateful for any relevant information. I hope that the educational and historical value of the material would make its use in this format acceptable to its authors.

Other useful sources of information are:

W. Adolphe Roberts (ed), The Capitals of Jamaica (no date)

Francis J. Osborne, S.J., History of the Catholic Church in Jamaica, 1988

H.P.Jacobs unpublished typescript on the later history of Kingston (no date)

and, of course, the Daily Gleaner, and, increasingly, sources online.

Joy Lumsden

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Ruins of Coke Chapel on East Parade, 1907.

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