Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-05-07

O'Clock in the morning Of the Goth jan
uary, when IN awful motion the earth
CONNIE need, which continued for nearly
four hours without interruption, and
which on the 22d were again succeeded
BY several others, still more violent
which completed in one chaos Of de-
struction, what parts Of the city the for
mer had spared. --. ~ q,
or all the religious churches in tho
city only that of Jcsu del Rio and that
of San Andre, escaped with the loss on
lly of their eepIes But the Cathedral
! Church and the Churches cOnsecrated
10 San Francisco, San Sebastian Santa
90, with their respective converts, as al
so those of SantO Domingo, Marced and
Monias, were all dashed to pieces. With
the exception Of only three or four hou-
ses which have but half escaped destruc-
ton, all the rest, both great and small,
met with the same fate the Churches and
converts experienced, and the smaller
houses which remained standing, were
either removed from their former foun-
| dations, or so unsettled, as not to be in
habited with safety, whence the alright
ed population were doomed to suffer the
rigors of burning sun by day, never
before known, and the heavy dews by
night in spot where they assembled TO
implore the Divine mercy for the souls
| of those whose dead bodies they had col
lected together.
The country all around was desolate,
by the night frost and scorching sun by
day.
| The appearance Of the city, after the
violence of the convulsion had in some
measure subsided, is described as most
melancholy-presenting nothing but On
undisting Unstable mass Of fallen build
ings, from which the survivors were en-
dcavoring TO exhume the numbers who
had been overwhelmed.
= The villages in tho neighborhoOd Of
the City of Pasto, namely Laguna, Mo-
condino, Buesaquillo, Pejundino, Puer-
res, Canchalla, Tamondino, TongovitO,
Gualmatan, Pandi..co and Tescual ,hsve
all lost their Churches, and the two first
: named towns lost some Of their matched
houses and five Of their inhabitants.
The parishes Of Malatuy, Yacuan-
= quer, Tambo, Buiaco, Funos, and their
! neighborng Parishes, likewise had their
Churches destroyed with their plantations
and tiled houses, but that lamentable loss
. Of life was not incurred there, which be-
fel Paste and the Parish Of Sibundon.
The Commissioners appointed by the
= Governor, report, that ut tho right Of a
y large Lake in the District Of Sibundoy
= a small rising ground is observed, which
has vomited from its bosom large pieces
:, Of rock, and that huge and profound ca
= = verns are in the neig ghborhOod surround.
ing the Desert called BordOncilie tha,
o o almost the half Of this Desert has been
y precipitated into the bowels Of the earth
- and the other part raised as If II were
:. above tho surface, till it had formed q
- =, mountain Of stupendous elevation, like
)" another lofty mountain Of similar origin
:" situate between Sibundoy and Aguari
y, CO, which in its formation Overspread {
" great deal Of the original soil. This
- Commissioners further state, that hi,
D mountain has, from the successive con
, vulsions Of the earth, mouldered away
10 10 covering the high roads, and causing
= Tue IOIilatlOn OI iN1SnenSe WhTSneS III tnS
- neighborhood; that portions OF the earth
~ Precipitated occasionally from its tops
fell into the bed Of the river Balsay nc o
-. =" and obstructed its course, the sudde,
t and impetuous overthrow Of which Dc
~ ~ stroyed the lands and houses Of the peo
~ pie of Santiago, forcing its waters ever
- as far as Putumayo, being increased b,
=, nearly ninety tributary streams; and the
vi uII state that the church and ten house
~ have been reduced to ruins, and the re
o mainder of the inhabitants have fed int
oa high mountain, with all the ilnuge
~ which they were able to save from III
," wreck. Almost the whole of this car
n. ton is overspread with large sbysse,
nv principally in the parish Of Yacuanquel
~ where its numerous eruptions have 70,
80, m tunately not disturbed tho course Of III
.o' ' river Guitara.
W. The constituted authorities have don
+ . all in their power TO mitigate this hear,
,,s rending calamity there. Three tho,
;" sand dollars were Immediately forwar
81 81 ed by the Governor 10 the city Of Past,
and subscriptions to n considerable q
mount were entered into 10 relieve th
pressing distresses occasioned by III
. calamity.