New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-13
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the FIRST accounts instead Of being cxaggeratd. APP
psar to have undcrsiaied the destruction Of ut" and
| property
1hcre il. ho~eYcf| one exception "a this remark
| The calanitits a, Gune,,s ~ reported by capt.
Narlsa, Of the big Pandora. arrived last week Al
Boston, happily confined 10 The rum 7' houses
the inhabitants hid Timely warning m sroanIns
'ouni, which they readiI: understood anu Iu>heh
! into tho streets all escaped with HE but two
No, Of the bnildings IN the place were destroyed
| letter from. Cape lsyticr, received IN Pha-
dclohia. e.timses the loss of life between eight
end nine thousand friend OF the writer sue.
cccded in saving his wife and one child-but hi.
two other children persisted in the RUNS Of hi
Dwelling. The horrors OF plllagc were added to
those oi the earthquake. The writer says
The hour being that in which the nhabiiant.
were preparing cor their evening meal the falling
in Ci the roofs and raer- scattered the fire.. which
seized upon them, aud IN an Incredibly short space
| OF time the whole woodwork Of the CITY was III
iiane, by 3 O'Clock the country people poured int,
the city, armed with rnachcuos, kniye, and guns.
and commenced the work Of piage and murder,
killing every who offered rDv resistance IL their
deprcdations The hou.c- and store. If the icv
whites and principal merchants were the irst 10
be attacked. These were soon sacked and every
thing in the shape of movable property that va,
not covered up in the ruins was taken possession
Of. Bands OF eight ten Of the plundcrers would
meet in the .treet- and contend for the .Pol>. fire.
quenty .avns on the ground half Of lher numb,r
dead or desperately wounled.
Sucn q scene, n nm informed by eye witnesses.
was scarcely over bcheld. Beneath the ruins the
erie. Of the wounded and diving. for ,uccor, were
heard in vain. and in many cases four DAYS elapsed
before any efforts made for their e2ricaton.
| To-day one person was brought out alive VIVA had
lived fifteen DAYS under a bed Of vail. Every rlcr-
| chant that could escape made for the shipping,
where upward of one hundred were crowded n
| -four vessels.
The survivors -leep in the country, in the feld,
| zone darius 70 trust Themselves Vet under any
cover The stencil from the corr,r,cd bodies was
such that one time i: MS feared some pesrilcncc
would break oul but the FIRE and the lime stone
(which the heat has converted ints quick iime) IA
daily purifying the air. The destruction of life
and property ha> been terrible, and it will yet ID"
some rnc ere the people can sufficiently overcome
their fears 10 make any attempt to clear away III,
ruins. return 20 the .ceS where their happy
homes recently stood.
The .ubioncd account prepared for publication
herr. brought by Captain Wilbur, of he .choon-
er II. Lawrence, arrived yesterday from Port a"
Platte
Ga the ,,h Of May the Island Of iInyti was yisi-
Ted with an earthquake, which in H. destructive
cAcr,- h1s prc,ed - ice the scycnc.t have ever
i,d on record. The weather had bcen Err man,
LAYS xr".-ivcv hot and >uliry. The temperature
varying from 90 to % degrees IL the shade, and ~
degrees when exposed to the solar rays. The
wind, were hot parching and unrcfrcshing, and the
drougii, lad been for some time prevailing. In the
afternoon Ut that day at ahon, hnlf past } o'clock.
I lao, hfrh
IN elevated part If thi. town The ky va' I'M
commonly serene, and the descending sun promised
lo be bril- ht and glorious ia its setting; iD.' then
casting my eyes toward Mount l,abrlIa which
overlook. the town, perceived n dark yapor AZ
ccudne and enveloping il, bnsc and sides; aroH-
ing, rumbling sosnd Immediately succeeded, aid
simultaneously came a shock which nearly dashed
me to the ground. The level of the square APP
peared undulatcd like the waves of the sca-a faint
and sicklv sensation came over ME, and d,giness
aud diiculty Of breathing. The houses rocked
To and fro like vessels in n storm. The ground
was rent in various parts. Many pcrson' were
thrown down by the force of the conclusion, Others
were rceling q in n state of drunkenness.
A second shock followed, yet stronger than the
former accompanied by the same appearances,
effects and tcrrors The church, a strong and
massive building seemed tottcrins to ~ tall, the
icc,le.; wide assures appeared in the walls and
arches, and the whole would have been lcvcllcd
but for the uncommon strength of the outside but
,rc..cs and the lnwncss OF the building. IL was
affecting to hear tie terrific cries and lamentations
of the women nr children. and instructive to cor
template even then their lo~ly prostitution to 'ne
Dvinitv--imploring ms mercy, AM ana Succo' W
their ji.trc,scs. The second shock must have
lasted about 90 seconds.
Fortunately for Va our town is almost entirely
constructed of wood which alone accounts fOr H.
preservation. The stone buildings suffered mate
rally. and some of ,ke finest entirely de-
.tro,cd. From the 9TH up 10 the present date
we have been in continued state Of alarm-up-
ward of 40 shocks having taken place during that
interval. some morc or less severe. Professions
and PRAYERS are continually foot to avert, IT pos
sibc, the Divine di>pcasurc. The men wear serl'
Gus and solemn looks the women, when not IN
the rroccssOns are sitting at the doors oi their
houses. either in tears OF with books OF prayer.
Bushes, i. not even thought oi .uch our state OF
agitation.
The fine town of Sahtiago, about 90 miles distant
| in the interior. and the centre OF our agricultural
commerce in th, part he. been cn,irel, DESTROYED.
| The population consisting OF about o.0uO souls oi
| which 800 are buried in the ruius-iuthcr IN the
interior the town of Vega and 81. O,cro have met
with similar fai,s. The city OF Care Hayden. the
deposi, Of all the agricultural products OF us fine
plain. the capital OF the Northern part OF the ~.
and. the first city in llayii for the beauty and
.oldi,v of i,s buildings and the second only in size
aud importance. has met with utter Destruction
| end !. one immense mass Of crumbling ruin.
| gentleman who left Immediately after the dis
| ,s,er informed me that suddenly had been the
catastrophe, that hardly three seconds were allow
ed to escape from the houses Th7u.and' were
buried alive and no relief at hand Cries oi agony
and shrek. would now and then proceed from the