Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-11-28

eaased incrs aibls 1 mischeif. Upwards
Of 400 hhabilGhes are fepcretd q Aays
been killed.. III drea dfnlly nzknHled, d
number az houses were destroyed, and
some damage done u lie dips d the
harbor. the followinas IL ! copy &c one
ofshe letsers that tase been received: D..
Malta, July f9th - Private Leffrr. :
= Ihow come % Felafe to you aneycnt
ofthe most melancholy description, a.
most unparalleled IL reaardto de dread
ful and miserable Consequences. lthap-
pened this morning. A magazine took
Ere, md blew DIP With IN explosion scarce.
y ever knows 70 Be equalled ; by Il $40
barrels Of gun powder, and above 1900
shells and grehades WIRE blown up.
Such An imnense quantity d 10, 0o0 lbs.
Of gun powder must occasion the most
dfeadful hayock and destruction. The
hooses adjaeent ii every direction were
blown immediarely into ruins--and how
shockingit was % the inhsbitants you
may easily conceive, o there wa no
chance Of escaping. The buildings are.
al Of sfone Of On flamenco thickness.s Il
Il caleulaied that one thousand persons
have ei,herperished, or are Idrsadfuily'
maiAed. The principal sufferers are
The Mahese, who chiefly lived near the
place. One manAaa lost II Mife and
sikehil6reua -othefs nearly the sane;
and whole families are buried together.
Thoss who eStapsd mCmenfary death
are shocking 1iskknred and MANNED,
md crawling ,bout In 4 miserable eondi.
ton. F0uftesa artilery-men, who
we're inshe 4Sea4ine, were Of course
blownto atotas. The band of I reci-
ment Che sd, we're lust playing " God
sayethe King nearthe place--two men
were killed On the spot--the whole re.
mainder we're much wounded. The
guards o. duty were killed.--The mag.
azine b situatedon the side ofthe water,
opposiieso the city Of valettl, II il cal.
led Barmola. Stonss were thrown over.
20 us, some tothe distance az two ,niles.
Il was situated close ID the watsf aide,
and the bed ofthe sea was so shook by
4, that Z rose up Ind overaowed the
hanks. 2. .. 8s.sA Ss}s33ses
Two vessels fshal ouss) were shhk.
Lmaense stohes we're tkso1n up, which
fell into the sea and river pthers on he
ships and rigging { che | saw, which fell
on . vessel just arrived weighed no
hnadred weight. l.2 = = '@-.tA r.
The suardship, the Mssras ma Of
war, WAS moored some dislanse. from
the disasttoua place bur a stols lru On
the quarter deck, and broke the thisA Of
The gunner. Who had lateiy arrived. "A
Mr Woodhouse herr, who withhis bto-
thsr, has = great Sine-talking ccaeera
10 Sicily, has los. $50 aipss Of Il, worth
teriy ROOD. -They were at soms lirtie
Rom the place, 6us tls shock
vas 20 great that The. casks 6nrst In
short, itisa sceAe Of missry which no
language can desoribe. fhe churches
ne Sled Wilh the dead A friend of
mine, Just come froB, The ruins, says
lhat be was walking over them, when be
lighted on the Head ola woman. Her
wnole Uouy Was crushed Hal, and Il.
though L i only I few hoars since the
general calamity tool place ii her body,
owing 20 the intense heat. was entirely
purihed. Notking farther has IS YET
been aseeTtained. IS = :.
. p supposed hoNeter, that Tie
men were sn1plcyed u enfsing away the
fuses from the shella, q doinz some
thing Ike thar, when BY some means .
spark arose. The mefchanss here have
begun . su6seripii0n Of twenty pounds
each, for the relief ofthe poor suiEerers,
A wholstown, lmay say, 10 DESTROYED.
The sceidsus h4pptnsd this laossiiSf
about 4 quarter past 8 o'clock. They
say there are now buried ID the fsfifis.
one thousand barrels of gun powder that
arein danger /; bun thrust h God itis I'm.
true, fogwere thas blown up, Il would
bring al Malta inEuins. May the AL.
mighty asert such another disastsr.
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