This Majestic Pen mother bails water from her bedroom; her baby is wrapped up beside her on her improvised bed.
A section of the railway line from Montego Bay to Kingston is suspended over a deep gorge in the Ramble Hill section of Montego Bay after flood waters washed away the foundation on Tuesday evening of June 12, 1979, during the heavy rains.
Flood waters kicked over this Morning Star Bus causing it to land on its top at King Gate at the entrance to Doctor Stephenson’s Clinic at Long Hill St. James on Tuesday evening of June 12, 1979, during a heavy downpour. Several persons were shaken up but none were seriously injured.
Farmer and shopkeeper Mr Rupert Ennis holds onto the nail as he relates his story about how it saved his life when the rushing water bowled him over.
There were unimaginable scenes throughout the Western end of the island as a result of the heavy rains that lashed the island. A lot of property as well as infrastructure were destroyed.
