I am still working on this site and I will
probably add material to most pages as I
find more information. The brackets indicate
pages on which I have not yet done any work.
One of the lawyers representing the insurance companies against the claims of the policy-holders was the prominent Black
barrister, Hector A Joseph. He became the second Jamaican K.C. in 1911, and was the Attorney-General in British Guiana from
the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s.
This page will deal with the issues involved in the cases concerning Jamaicans and the various insurance companies. The major
issue was whether the fires started before or after the first shock; the evidence heard provides fascinating detail on the
quake and its aftermath.
