Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-06-03
TEN THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
Tremendous Earthquake in the Island Of
ST. Domingo.


81. D0mWgo.
by me poIiteness OF capt MOTIFS oi tIe WV
W N. Neisom' rom io,, Il" : rl"oe' We 'i''.
ne ia'ri"'e Vi 'he ii'h may puo''I"eu :"
mat pace Wh'ch gives an account ~ S''o.".na
earthquake 'hal occurred III 'n'V lH'a"u VII ''''
Hno May al c'ocN VI '''c ere'''',s.
Inc prhclpal OBSTRUCTION VI ~ " M"'.n we
nave an 7'ouh'' was at .ape i'"yt'an' m;,o
Town was en''rey aes,Ioyru. oI',a'' '.o
about o,Uuo ''hap' anus '"o-titus o' "h'''' "'0
though TO oe utdu. ,,, ;,,;o,
Inc approach .. .le edltllla'h' "a IT, hao,,
yea ~ lnrt "u ir'e W stea, hHa', " L'i,. a,1
clouds 'hat covered '''e nc'gnoo,'''G ".,s a." ,o
fnHoWen we uFeV'1oN VI INC 8ou''- " COT ~ ''''
North-EAs'.
The vessels at anchor some oil me salol9 re-
port, experienced me siioch oeiore th,y sd" Wv
houses agha'eh' WhIcn seemed 10 lho'c"le '"''
IN. shocN came from Tue "eS',
mere were wv" e,,' Ms '' i on "n ''',1 w.
ry distinctly ie'' the hret n't so l"n@ 40 '''0
SECOND, Which last endured ABOUT three minutes
Every person strore to Get ont OF the houses,
AID the streets were filled with the aii1ghted
popuiation. A little longer. says the Patriot,
and Port au Prince would have been the theatre
| oi disaster similar To that or l|u' OF Wh!ch
| disastrous year the remembrance was rushing
! into all minds.
The Patriot also says that there is hardly a
house or a wall that has not suffered a little
Some lave become almost unInhabilabic. The
front of the Senate House, where the arms Of
the Republic arc sculpturcd, is detached ant
broken. The interior was uninjured.
On the Saturday night succeeding, ana on
Sunday there we're other shocks. Mass was in
terruped, and the persons present ran hithe
and tiither. while many women tainted.
On Monday morning at II o'clock there wa
; another shock. The weather all the while wal
chanreable, now extreme heat, now rain, nov
fair. and row sinns as.if of a storm.
On Tuesday again there was another shock
l land since then, says the Patriot, "it seems t
us that we walk upon qnaking earth"
Saint Marc--A letter from this town say
,h,t the earthquake was fel, there with violerce
, Many houses we're seriously damaeed, and SOM
: des'royed,--but no loss OF lie is mentioned.
AT Gc.,iv-s the shocks were yet more seri
. Gus Tho greater part OF the Houses wer
: overthrow. fire broke out at the same tim
and there was not drop OF water IN town' a. "A
the houses ','' were "'' un'"t H., -,
p the e'FHP axe. II was II, 'ne ,a.'
l. writer q! ti.e e,te' SN'? '"I d. ,"'''.
II tIng H. no " n"''" ''g 49, a,,,o1 ,',a,
+ National the treasury ana '"e N'So''"' "0'
: all DESTROYED \, ~, sor;,r =
J. .t us 'e,,G' Lo,t bonr since that we felt
very greaI coh'nn'oi ~. p.es ,i',I ~ ,,orn
- moran. o. ''c ''u''l"e' u L' .,ro rn, burned
cn' A'' wv. aI "a ,r,,,, +at port
,e me ru'ns' are n,..,oro,,esd snch asa
l. Irn u, ma! NV nav
ter, ~ ~ ~ c,ns U,,,o
|ape riay'al''-- ne 'D"I ,s;b !; ,,,o ,L;;Js
h"s curry n'"! r., ta',,,as ,ha, comId osc,
Iae i,la, "a, ~" rhora ,lev we're without
arc 'ieu W : ~ ,'.a,;si',,s
"'t ~, r,''"i n:I', -, H. has ,r;ror or1ors
ne iies'ue'a. u ,,"!. nf ,ho bosni,ajs
w ,.e ply ','.' IN or'Ior ,o oiye 8,
te 'er'o VIZ H.. H.! nJ 0,Lar o;1 If all kin
lc cor 10 '',o Us to Jos,,,,ho1 h., yo,or r.
p M n "Do', "
OF VI" LATED
II, ,,... ,-..,. ;..o
ud ia aaat'oi 10 ''e "oo'e u's"st,ou' I'm, '',s'
D. gehce rom 'he N"Pe' a 'ou'''' 80 non
RS ri! are" i'our1 previous 70 ',;u
II N'P' n''I ~ W. s'P,Cu '"i' - - n
Se Ter me car iquahe' W"'ch WI 'i''"ay VIC
nc :" Wv ;,,Lnh,an,s u,hn
To 'nlserao'e re'n"a'i, VI l',e '',,no'""ls WV
". N',poI' a',l par, pa,x arc also soid IN he
in' Ncho'S anu Io'' d'H arc "'So ~ " "
We sf"yeu' o.ne' p"'s VI ,nu '' ia,, '.' NV, :,
ed. heafd rom wren ~ Mu..'' Iv' "'' :.
OF CONGO ureo ''H' az '"' ''''"' ''''
OF mass y rH"S'
-; ,;...o.-;,,,, -.
ay' III a""''o,' 10 we Io'ssIns t pa'
M mars says ene nos'o, n.,as' M "Iee e,.'
ass loving Co'lir'ha'o'y ie.teIS' ,,i,ii me-
hg Ior' au rr'hce ea'l'e ny ''ie "'''''''
'ro- New YORK. ~, , ,o,, ,
on FORT Az fk'Nct' : M"!, i"i-o -"
at JUST before uusPn,o","s u.'s 49, Ln, u
)la- has reached us 'ndt oiIy o,'e Pe'so', l"'
sa'cu, a MI DuP"y-a'l ''e o,Nc'S We ~
ent drowned by me sea- OF crusheu 70 ue"'n'
ing cape tseii Is one mass Vi runs, ~, 20,
rlei rort au frlnce' ~ NAY, i2i
Grid Inc cape iiat No"h) IL "esu"yeu ny
''o- earthquake we nave no ie''erS III 'h.s
Oi as ye, and we mueh lear the reason Oh ID
sa- that all the ihhabhan's' or the Srea,sr par
nge them, are bhred IN the runs our mr. Du
II # who lett last nlght Tor me scene OF misery
the despair about the tate OF his mn'her' oro''
What sisters, friends and relations. HouaVes 10,
iered very severely, and some hVes are
Mr.. and TO add to their misery, the snock ca
18th, some Lncfer matches in druggists shop
day. nle' and burn down WhoIe square % Ho'
Used Mr.. J. b. Dnpuy's house Is one OF OF the