The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-06-07
Terrible Earthquake ,t
st. Domingo

with repeated and severe shocks of EoubOr,L'
which have entirely demolished the town NJ ' r''
Hay ten, and probably destroyed the live, # ~,
thousand of its citizens. In all probabiliv "a
other towns ofthat side of the Island bavs ,h.",
in the same destruction. We give the (oowisI
particulars from the NJ Y. Express.
TEN THOUSAND LIVES LOsT-TRpnp,
DOUS EARTHQUAKE IN THE ISLAM nr
ST. DOMINGO.
BY the poiiteness of Capt Morris, of ,bo h..
VIM Nelson, from Port au Prince, we bavs
Patriotic Of the lth May, published at ,ba, MIA"
which igves an account of shocking enuhoO,I.
that occurred in that Island on the 7h Nav ,'r;
o'clock in the evening.
The principal destruction Of life, of which IT,,
have any account, was at Cape Haytien, vb,h,
town was entirely destroyed II contained ,hon,
Is 900 inhabitants two thirds of whom are ,bon,L,
to be dead.
! The approach Of the earthquake was indic,,sH
in Port au Prince by great heat and heavy clOoa,
that covered the neighboring hills, and FOLLOWED
| the direction from South West to the North E,s,
| The vessels at anchor, some of the sailors reOor
experienced the shock before they saw The house,
dRiIaleu, 10 lDuiCale mat The shock
came from the West.
There were two shocks ut Port au Prince yerv
distinctly felt, The FIRST not long as tho second
which last endured about three minutes. Every
person strove to get out of the houses, and Tho
streets were filed with the affrighted popula on
little longer, says the Patri and Port au Prince
would have been the theatre ofa disaster similar
to that of l77O, of which disastrous year the remem
brance rushing into all minds.
The Patriot also says that there Is hardly ahOu,s
or wall that has not suffereda linlo. Some have
become almost uninhabtabe. The front of the
Senate House, where the arms Of the Republic are
scuiptered, IS detached and broken. The interior
was uninjured.
On the Saturday night succeeding and on Sum-
day, there were other shocks. Mass was meuup
ted and the persons present ran hither and bIher
while many women tainted.
On Monday morning at ~ o'clock there wasau'
other shock The weather all the time changPa
bic, new extreme heat, now rain, now lair mt 4
now signs as ifofa storm.
On Tuesday, again there was another shoe'-
and since then, says the Patriot, sat seems UF
that we walk upon quaklng earth"
SAIkr MARC. "A letter from this town say'N
the earthquake was fell there with violence "'N
houses We're seriously damaged, and some destroy
ed-but no loss Of life 10 mentioned.
AT CoNAIvEs, the shocks were yet more serious
The grenter part OF the houses wero overthrow =
A fire broke out at the same time, and there was
not drop of winter in the town. All The houses
that were not burnt suffered from the earlhQnSs
II was in the streets that the writer of the NH
giving this account was indicting it, The ChHa,
The Prison, the Palais National, the Treasury I"
the Arsenal, were all destroyed.
! This letter concludes at A. nj. by saying
alt is only haH an hour sfnce we felt averyga
commotion. AT present we are ignorant OF ~'
number of persons killed and wounded "A" ~I
prisoners WHO are not buried in the ruins, arc e'
ped God grant that Port AL Prince may mol "a"
experienced such disaster.
| CAPS HAYrIEN.-1he to,on Of Cape Hay'0a"
entirely disappeared, and loiM ht'oo A'ras ;"
population The families that could escape "'
fled 10 Fosset,e, where they were without all 10y
lum, clothing or provisions. i,
The Preslden of Hayti has given orders
ply icians and officers of the hospitals 10 'e"I' "
city immediately,in order to give succor 10 Wv
tressed Other aid of all kinds was about " WV
spatched by water to the distressed
LATER. In addition to the above a'''' n.r
intelligence from the Cape, courier a''''1
the city few hours previous to the depa''" sos
Capt Morris, who stated that fire broke w. ,.o,
} The earthquake, which, on Monday the S' D,;..,a
} ed the powder magazine, aud with II NV .s,,ped
BILE remnant Of the inhabitants VINO "'' IL, and
the earthquake. The towns OF d. WA o@
Port Paix are also said to be destro'eu' ,,hsp
nar,s of the island had no. been heard ''O~ ,gM
, Capt. Morris left but it is conjecture
. to,ons of the north are mass Of Ta'"S' 4 Co..
!, According to letter in the 'oO'"D n, puppy,
merce but one inhabitant Of the CaPe'a s,,shed
e was saved, all the rest being el'ne, s.nbnsrss
: drowned bv the sea, which rose and '. ,,i,ois
. the ci,y. Fearful fearful indeed are 'nS P''
s of this awful visitation. c.os or Cap
s Cape Hayden, known as Tape oa api,,I Oh'
Francois. ON the north coast, is the 0ar oOo stone
renubl;o. and formerly contained s0'n' ',,n,y eli
2 and brick houses, with population VAR
4 mated at from 10 to 10000 ,.o ola pIdn
!, is situated on Cape, at the e0S S,hs plain
ha,yesn the sea and the mountains, .,oad parsd
exceedingly fertile, and intersec,eu ,r 81
d ,oads. lined with lemon and 'i'i'0
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