The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-06-09
rry TuoUsANp LIVES LOST.

,,puENDOUS EARTHQUAKE IN Tue
ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO.
d, the brig William Nelson, arrived at
-, York from Port au Prince, has been
W. .",,ed :. lie Patriot of May llth, pub
,.bod a, tina, place, which gives an account
r shocking earthquake that occurred IN
,h,t island on the 9TH Of May, at o'clock
= the evening, the following particulars Of
,sbch we copy from the New York tx
nr.ss Of Saturday morning:
Tbe principal destruction of life Of which we
20 an account, was at Cape Haytisn, which
~, vas entirely destroyed. 1t contained about
,roOO inhabitants, two.thirds OF whom are
thought 10 be dead.
IN por, au Prince by great heat, and heavy clouds
m, covered the neighboring hills, and followed
w. d,ree,ion of the southwest TO the northeast
~ T-te vessels al anchor, some Of the sailors re-
-, experienced the shock before they saw tho
sns.s aelated, which seemed 10 indicate that
~ shock came from the west.
rhere were two shocks at Port All Prince very
l..I,ncty felt. tho first not 80 long =" tbs second,
-'sicb last endured abou, three minutes. Every
ION s,roge to get out &C the houses, and the
i,,,ets were filled with the aifrghlod population.
lille longer, says the Patriot, aud Port ap
p,.ncs would have been the theatre Of disaster
',o,l,r 10 that of 1910, of which disastrous year
~ remembrance was rushing into all minds.
The Patriot also says that there is hardly a
to,.e or a wall that has not suffered a little
Some have become almost uninhabiiabls. The
l,ont Of tho Senate house, where the arms Of tbs
R,public arc sculpiured, Is detached and broken.
The interior was unlnJured.
On tn. Saturday night succeeding and on Sun.
!.y there were other shocks. Mass vas lntoT.
riyed and the persons present ran hithef and
ihider while many women tainted
on Monday morning at IL o'clock there was
,oo,bcr shock. The weather all the while was
,banpsablo--now extreme heat now rain, now
h,r. and row signs as If Of storm.
On Tuesday again there was another shock /;
and since then, SAYS the Patriot, Il ssems 10 u
tha, We walk upon quaking earth"
snSr MARc.-A letter from this town says
that the earthquake was felt then With violence.
Many houses we're seriously damaged. and somo
1e,,royea, but 40 less OF life IS mentioned.
Al t;oSanEs the shocks were ye, more serious.
Tho greater part ofthe houses Wero ovsrthrown.
A fire brene out al the same time. and thsTU was
not a drop Of water IN town. Al sha houses that
u re not burned suffered from the earthquake
II was 10 tho streets that the writer Of the letter
r,,ae this account was indiiagn Il. The church,
no 2rison, the palace national, the treasury, aud
is arsenal we're all destroyed.
Tb.s letter concludes al s A. ". by saying
I, S ouiy half an hour since that We felt
yory great eOmmolion. Al presrnt We arc igno.
r.nl Of tie numbef Of persons killed and wound
sI Al the prisoners who are not buried ia the
runs hAye escaped. God grant that Port au
rnaee nay rot have .perisaced such disaster"
CnE HarrIES.--7As toieH Of Cape Hayiisa
Aii eatutiy 9.sspptsrsS, and mitA Il itCo thirds
Il lls population. The families that could c.
cap, have lsd to foS.stle, where they are with.
., ~ s-ylnm. clothing, or provisions.
lbs Fresidch, - Htyti has given orders TO tho
physN,sns aud officers OF the L~spitals to leave
tss city immediately IN order to give suceor 10 tho
da.russed. Other aid Of all kinds WAS about to
L despatched BY water 10 the distressed.
LArgA-ln addtlioa TO The sboye disastrous
intelligence from the Cape, courier srFived from
Tie sty few hours previous 10 the departure Of
Captain Morris. who stated that FIRE broke oul
slsf lie earthquake, which, on Monday tho 9th,
destroyed the powder magazine, and with 1t tho
miserable remnant ofthe inhabitants who had ca.
capped the earthquake. The town Of st, Nicho.
as zad Pon Pax are also said 10 BE- dealroye -
UtAof parts ofthe island had not been heard from
when Capisin Morris len bot It is eonlcciurrd
that al he foi-asoa TIE norft are fasss y yAiHs