The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-07
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From the Boston DAILY Advertise.
Earthquake Gi Lima. we are permitted =
publish the following extract ola letter from ~
8. ". Pomeroy Jf 10 his father giving an il. -.
resting description of 4 violent eatthquake A. -.
ma, on the morning Of the 3ath March. The
letter is dated, LIMA, April2l
wrote you iaa by the Brand wine to Paaa.
ma, TO go across he l,lhmus, under da'e # 2Gth
| nit. Since that tine his city has been VIZ tel
BY one of those dreadful earthquakes which r.
looked for about once III century and had
continued n few seconds longer the whole of IL
ma must inevitably have been laid in RUNS T..
calamity occurred on the morning or3u II ',farcb
NJ about half past even O'Clock md al
though only of 20 or 40 Sc -onds dur, lion was al
such prodigious violence as to pr5strate p.ny
buildings and azure ALL lncudiv tse stnnen.
douS churches some Of winch " SO nIuLh shat
'e'ed fhat IT IS contemplated 10 AXE them down.
lhe't MASSIVE walls OF to y te Il thickness, be.
ing literally rent from the top to the bottom A
| great number Of houses havs, haen nulled d,u n
| by order of the authorizes and several have
since the shocb fallen OF their own accord m
one instance burying two. or three persons IN
! their ruins.
| The amount OF inJurt, to The city is estimated
by an ofhclal survey, . Sit millions of dollars
| sum quite wlthln botuldS, When il is reColIectpd
| ohat from thenat"re OF the buildings they can
not be repaired IN ulany Instances but must be
rebuilt. The house occupied hv Alison. Wefmore
Y Co is considered o ne OF the strongest in LINN
and Is said 10 have cost 500 800 Some of the
rooms are cracked peipendiculally in many
pIaces' ana ~ lheupper part ofthe house (which
Is c"mpoSeaa' bamboo sticks and mud of a.
bout Two feet IN thickness separated itself from,
! the 'dobes or sun,dried bricks of which the
walls, to tef height Of three feet above The floor
! OF the SeCCTt story are cO,nnnpod 81
shock continued three seconds lonoer the Who'll,
top. with ls brick roof, would have fallen in
Aoo'n - persons persisted that is the nun.
Der a. bodies which have been dug out from The
rnbb 'Sh, bat others are supposed TO be stla no-
"MoVeIea' HAD II been r. ia night the loss
OF lives. would, no dnrb' We bepu greater
MS awakened from sca-.l 81, -, -, II o most
terrific nose and jumping NJ s,.v fIis walls al
my vibrating very vi au-', / concluded
Iat ~" ihe vas {, he lost aBd mat'a iheNbnst oi
my way mte the stiee, 'nldSt falling plaster
IN" S'"H'Hh4 aipng oven Inc floors like a drum
KEN an, 80
In 'hesfeei al was dismay the heart arne,-
ling u"le winch uShpr"d M the fl gthGt ,,b,.
ne.uenoi md the SOUND oft4e ct,ci2,... III.
are "a. ! ri. fingug IN our ears. Tie moor ma
ttVes wee unon thrir knees, (manv of ,hr,o ius,
AS theylhd risen from then beJl beatinc tl,e;r
breasts and calling upon God, the vireln and nj
the sa'S TO save Them; and expecting eyerv in.
slant a'o'her and overwhelming shock. Indeed
when reelected that this was A DANGER ao,ios,
= which no place afforded security. Ia the ea.,h
was expected to open as it had done duriuy tho
gfe" F'fta9uake OF il40,) was yer, we'll dis.
Possul'o Jpn the cry Of " mlseric0rdia h" MI
seek protection from Him " v ho but looketb M,
l on ~ earth, aud it trembIet n" 'f-
I'M great shock was followed by five or 81,
shsh tremoiings in as many DAYS. which aye.
ted e1eat terror, and must confess have Lc,I
hesss armed by these harmless shocks than h,