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Title: The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Aspinall, Algernon E. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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JAMAICA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES 169 page 164). The city has an excellent telephone service, andis lighted with gas, while many of the churches and publicand private buildings have electric light. The foundation of the city dates from 1692, when PortRoyal, then the chief town, was destroyed by an earthquakeand the survivors moved to the lower part of Liguanea,the property of Sir William Beeston, where Kingstonnow stands. It was not, however, until 1870 that thecity became the capital of Jamaica, the seat of governmentbeing transferred to it from Spanish Town in that year byGovernor Sir John Peter Grant. On January 14, 1907, Kingston was almost completelydevastated by earthquake and fire. The season was at its height and the number of visitors wasswelled by a distinguished party, including Lord Dudley andMr. Jesse Collings, brought out by the great shipowner, SirAlfred Jones, in the R.M.S. Port Kingston, to attend the WestIndian Agricultural Conference which was to be held in Kingstonfor t

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