Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-05-29
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on Sunday, from Taragonia, was board.
ed the I'd of April by a British sloop Of
war, the Lieutenant of which informed
him that on the 25th March he fen ii
With . British schooner, 7 daysfron
Algiers, and received from .the .capiaip
the following intelligence. -" That t6e
q. s. frigate Constitution arrived At
Algiers from Tunis tvo days before he
sailed, with information, that the Eng
lish under cir Sydney Smith and admiral
Louis, hadtaken Alexandra, and after.
wards proceeded for III Dardanslles."
scHIEDAM, (Hollnd) January IS.
AIgfm Extlosioa.-Last night ahou,
Eve O'Clock, the inhabtan.s of this city
were alarmed by 4 mos violent coneus<
sion, proceeding a. Il vas thought from
the North W est. Thewindows of &c.
veral houses here were forced open BY
the shock. At6rst it vas imagined that
the powder magazine at Delft had blown.
up but after We lapse sf a few hours, it
appeared thattan was tranquil in, that
city. To day We learn with horror and
astonishment that the most magnificent
part Of Leyden was the scene of this en-.
Plosion. Itseems that ! vessel laden
with o,ooolbs.. weight Of guapewder
from Amsterdam, destined for Delft.
and thenlaying in the RaSenberg canal
there, by some means took Are, and in.
stantly blew up, destroying all the hou.
ses in the vicinity of the canal, and oc.
casioning the premature death of some
hundreds ofthe inhabitants. When this
account was. written, the flames, were
said to be raging. OF 60 children Ii a
boarding school, or 6 only, are said to
have been SAVED, but scorched drad.
fully. Some say that the universi,yi is
nearly destroys, and that the Iewish1,
nagogue 10 reduced to ashes. Ofthe
vessel on board Of which were the d..
ner,s two soma and aservaat, not an alt
is visible. :. Il:
= January 20.
. tbs our melancholy task again to ID.
vert 70 the disma! catastrophe which Be.
Cured at Leyden, on Monday the 18th
instant, and 70 confess that no Den Can
the horrors of that dreadful
scene. We are credibly informed. by
an eye witness that scarcely single
house or building has escaped. wi,A6ut
damage and that on the Rapenshure,
where the deplorable event occurred the
houses, to . large extent, are leyelled
with the ground. At the awful momen,
many families were sitting at dinner
with their friends. and thus preeipitaked
into eternity; fathers, mothers children,
servants all we're rapidly hurried 70 bne
Promiseuous grave. e Husbands have
lost~their consorts and Offspring. md
wives their husbands and their slres.
OF the number of the dead, various con.
lectures have been formed +; many res.
peetable persona have been dug ont. and
othsEa arc know9.to lie stilIin thA 49, -.
Among the dead are severa of the .rnost
respectable families in this city, snd
many strangers then on visits. Prooer.
~ to a.large amount has been lost, aTea,
part OF which irrecoverably, and many.
OF the necessaries Of life spoiled BY m.
showers Of broken glass which flled Tie
shops aud apartments. -
! The king on learning the accident. In.
stantiy repaired thither in person, after
having ordered the guards and Gre en-.
gines 10 follow. He remained the xhpls
night in the streets, not without sheddine
tears Of eommisseration and assisting ;1
person to recover and release those Who
lay buried in the ruins and encouraged Q.
theirs by rewards 70 exert themselves. in
the glorious work ofhumani.y. Provi.
sions, money, arti6cers every thing has
slneebeen sent from the Hague and o.
Their Cities, 70 relieve the :wretched ,uf.
ferers. A few have had wonderful 8.
eaPes while others, ON she point Of be-
ing rescued, while blessing Proyidsnc.
Tor their preservation, while pronisina
rewards for their deliyeranee were crush.
cd todeath BY the sudden falling Of beams
impefceptibly resting on or withheld 81
obstacles which had bs.a ....-.,.I 2