West Indian tales of old . IRK .» i*| FORT GEORGE, AT THE SUMMIT. THE RUINS OF THE OFFICERS QUARTERS BRIMSTONE HILL, ST. KITTS d THE SIEGE OF BRIMSTONE HILL a ruin. The garrison was not finally withdrawn fromBrimstone Hill until 1857. In that year the gunswere dismounted and removed, and the woodenbuildings and stores were sold or otherwise disposed ofby the Colonial Government, to which the hill wastransferred by the War Office. Brimstone Hill wasthen leased to an adjoining landowner for a term ofyears, during which many acts of vandalism werecommitted, the hardwood doors and window-framesbei
West Indian tales of old . IRK .» i*| FORT GEORGE, AT THE SUMMIT. THE RUINS OF THE OFFICERS QUARTERS BRIMSTONE HILL, ST. KITTS d THE SIEGE OF BRIMSTONE HILL a ruin. The garrison was not finally withdrawn fromBrimstone Hill until 1857. In that year the gunswere dismounted and removed, and the woodenbuildings and stores were sold or otherwise disposed ofby the Colonial Government, to which the hill wastransferred by the War Office. Brimstone Hill wasthen leased to an adjoining landowner for a term ofyears, during which many acts of vandalism werecommitted, the hardwood doors and window-framesbeing ruthlessly torn from the masonry and removed,and the bush allowed to obliterate all traces of many ofthe interesting buildings. On the expiration of the leasein 1901 the local Government again resumed posses-sion, but it was not until 1902 that it was decidedto preserve the ruins as a historic monument. At theinstance of Mr. Charles T. Cox, (who is,by the way, the great grandson of Lieutenant Fahiementioned above), the Administrator, a lime burningind
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