Here is the story: kareemsquest.com/kendal-train-crash-the-worst-rail-disaster-in-jamaicas-history/

I was a student at St Anne's school. Missed the train because I was late, so I watched it leaving me on the train station platform in Kingston. Than God.

My Father was on that fatal train wreck sitting in the last coach with his friends he was 19 yrs old and I was just 3 wks old. He told me the entire story how it all went down from the time the train left Kingston and to it's final destination many many years later only because he had migrated to a foreign country two years after the incident occurred and how he and his friends were able to make it back to Kingston. People were very rowdy, drinking, making a lot of noises, singing out loudly and carrying on with their respective partners. He also told me that he had asked my mother (they are both the same age) to go with him and she told him no because she had a young baby to look after good thing she did. Sometimes when I look back at the whole thing I just consider myself to be a very blessed individual (Amen)

@kareemsquest

3 ай бұрын

Wow

@ernestinebernoudy6915

Ай бұрын

Yes. For. Sure, her. & her. Dad,. 🤗💯💯💖

So sad to see the Mas George living conditions. I have such a soft spot for the elderly. 😢

@kareemsquest

3 ай бұрын

You and me both!

@BluenatureTv7

3 ай бұрын

Send the boss a money Mon 😂lolz

@lornafuller8705

2 ай бұрын

you could contact Kareem, and offer some help ,

@NormanFleure-dk3pu

Ай бұрын

He has done well that house was a top house back in the days it just got old and he got old with the house, he's OK .

@nfn4

Ай бұрын

​@NormanFleure-dk3pu You are so right. Mr George is probably happier than many of us living in modern houses and drowning in bills. And let's not forget that Mr George house is still standing after so many hurricane that passed through Jamaica.

The Balaclava train crash of the late 1930’s was in fact the deadliest crash!

I knew a lady who told me about being on the train when it crashed, she was only five years old. I noticed while handing her a cup of tea her hands would shake quite bad. She said all her family did was dust her down and walked off, she was never asked if she was hurt and suffered for the rest of her life.

@kareemsquest

3 ай бұрын

Wow

@beverleyreid7572

3 ай бұрын

That’s just horrible. The trauma she must’ve experienced. It’s pretty typical of traditional Jamaican folks to not seem to care about emotions.

@lornafuller8705

2 ай бұрын

@@beverleyreid7572 With due respect, can you explain "traditional Jamaican folks". please enlighten me

I know that you want to get the information from Mass George but please help him to fix his house. The house is in a deplorable condition. Please help him to get the house repair. Food for The Poor can assist.

I love 💕 your program always . Watching fr USA cape code mass

@kareemsquest

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

RIP to all the victims family 😢

My dad was a patient in the hospital , he had a dislocated shoulder, he saw and heard the injured people from the Kendal Crash came to the hospital also, he say they were a lot of screaming and crying all night there, he never forgot that ! So sad tgst happened and crying

@kareemsquest

3 ай бұрын

That must have been traumatic

Hi: I worked in Christiana in the late 70s and early 80s and I used to take the train sometimes from Kingston and come off at Kendal and take a minibus to Christiana. So I am familiar with the Kendal Stop.

@KemarBanton-lm6iu

Ай бұрын

That was 70 years ago so wat work u use to do in Christiana

As people were helping, the wounded other people were robbing the dead and injured.

@ernestinebernoudy6915

Ай бұрын

....Those Weren't ..PEOPLE,...😣😖...theyre,...STRAIGHT-UP Demons,...😡 😈 ...👀👀. They. Look like ,...PEOPLE,.. 😳...' BUT,.!! ... 👀👀. 👹💀👺 👽👾 🤖👻🤑🤑🤑 ..Money demons,....... 😠😠

We will never have this again as we have destroyed the great train service we had. Great.

Excellent video. I am now one of your subscribers :)

@kareemsquest

7 күн бұрын

Welcome aboard!

My brother Roy and his girlfriend Ruby was on that train. He had his back and head injuries. I don't remember Ruby's injuries.

The Kendal crash was organised by St Anne's Church in 1957..St Anne's school, North Street and Bond Street, my junior school, lost so many children, my brother should have been on that train, but my granny was waiting for permission from our parents in the UK for him to go..it didn't arrive in time for the trip..I can remember that day as clear as yesterday..I lost some of my school friends..May their souls continue to rest in peace 67 years on🙏

@kareemsquest

Ай бұрын

Wow condolences

What a heart wrenching catastrophe!!!

@kareemsquest

3 ай бұрын

It was sad

@dezniematthews9398

Ай бұрын

Yes I was. ..

@dezniematthews9398

Ай бұрын

Correction .. yes it was…

God is great all the time my mother and father witnessed this Kendall's train crash they were going to Kingston and when they reached near by it was terrible cayous crying yelling bloody seens can you imagine untill this day I remember they died now but memory still linger I am now 72years old we are from Mo Bay

Awesome post mi fren 👊

@kareemsquest

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Sooooo sad😢 wow 😳 rip 💔 to all those who lose they life 😱

Nuff respect to de Elder. First time hearing in depth information bout de Kendal crash.

Mr george need help ,what can be done for him,my God

Mrs Edwards, -Cope was there too, she was at tge sute while her parents who were the first at the scene worked for days, helping all the injured.

Great story.. I was a kid then, but remember the tragedy as if it were yesterday. It is said the passengers were unruly and interfered with the brake system between the third and fourth coaches. So the train could not be controlled when it tried to navigate the corner.. The first three coaches with the priests et al were not in the crash.. They traveled back to Kingston unscathed .. weeks after the crash , stories surfaced of persons taking taxis and drivers waiting outside to be paid only to be told the person perished in the crash. It was chaotic. My mom told me of another train crash years before , in St. Elizabeth. Students returning to school perished. Understand that was also terrible The railroad has had its fair share of tragedies….

@kareemsquest

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your side of the story

My uncle was in this crash

That there was a day

I PRAY God's blessings that the rich or wee to do will.help yhe less fortunate My prayer for this ti cone through SHALOM

My paternal grandfather lost a brother,cousins and a few church members in the same tragic accident

@kareemsquest

3 ай бұрын

Very tragic

@kennedysingh3916

2 ай бұрын

One of my uncles was on that train but he survived with minor injuries. They went to Dr.Coves Beach ⛱️. Another individual who was on the train told me that a lot of down town boys were on the train and on their way back began robbing the passengers and to do this they cut the light wires on the coasts to pick pockets but one individual cut a brake hose instead and we know the rest.

Use to live in Royal Flat, the duppy stories that was told about that place, scare me to death as a child.

@mr.c5969

2 ай бұрын

So, tell us about some of those stories!!

Why did none of the priests got hurt cause they came off the train before it happened.it’s said the people were going on bad.satan got a lot of blood that day

My parents was going on that trip but change his mine because my mother was arguing about him again so he didn't bothere going iwas about 10years old

@kareemsquest

Ай бұрын

Wow

🖤💛💚

If I can remember clearly Keith Brown that use to read sports on JBC said he was on it

Oral history

Hi was to be on that crash i did not want to bring my sister grand say you dont bring heryou cannot go so i did not go.i live in newland

Just subscribe 🎉❤

@kareemsquest

Ай бұрын

👍

I heard that people were there robbing the dead

@kareemsquest

Ай бұрын

Yup

@janetbrilliant8114

Ай бұрын

Yes

Big up yuself never knew ja even had a train crash 😂

@mr.c5969

2 ай бұрын

We had more more than one train crash. But, this one is the worst. As a matter of fact, it was it second worst railway disaster in the world, at the time!!

I lost a cousin in that crash never find a bone of him

@kareemsquest

2 ай бұрын

Sad to hear

@PaulWest-yu9mb

Ай бұрын

I was six yesrs old my mother told me about the crash and the robbers that was on the trian