1780 October 3 Hurricane - Southern Jamaica worst affected - High waves destroyed houses along the south coast - William Beckford (1790) reported that during this hurricane the entire island was affected but the town of Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland was destroyed, and south-western Jamaica was hardest hit - An earthquake followed the passing of this hurricane Source: https://goo.gl/EgjKLP Jamaica
1744 October 20 Hurricane Impact: - Described in Long (146) as a “great hurricane” which damaged the whole island - 104 ships wrecked in harbor - A new fort at Mosquito Point (now Fort Augusta) was entirely destroyed - All wharves at Port Royal, Kingston, Passage Fort and Old Harbour were destroyed and most of the goods at these wharves being swept away by flood rains - After the passing of the hurricane, disease broke out resulting in the loss of more lives Source: https://goo.gl/EgjKLP Jamaica
1726 October 22 Hurricane - Hurricane affected the east end of the island - Historian Edward Long (146) stated that several houses in Kingston, Spanish Town and Port Royal had been blown down - 50 vessels had either sunk or been wrecked Source: https://goo.gl/EgjKLP Jamaica