Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-02-14

!. tb. N.aa tr..ak. uhish 70 al seasons B.
u ,,, tersra. volen. uttiioved. dsmarini
"a b., .4.,rltied o.. ruurss. many houses wff. \
Il ,~st l-a-l ihis qusitcr. nttsrs vcfe tvine 4
"a .++.fv sine vas hi.i. buiuruitutd aatdcir I
81 ht.. fs.f ws.'r. wrtnDt ttcc ird "
n ... .nf uu beu a. s,si. ihs earth rotst'd wr'
81 ..t t.e. Toe Inhabitants ve,e 90 ipfI /
a .sseet. saving tl,,nss .,c. 10 hosis whsc -
a To-, vs.t.d. sud. 30, ,he isuud,uon rounuu.
"A a.s,, logger. .ea persons could have sscspcd.
u m tou.,, teen l,N s'.riirg
III fe v,a.rn par If the civ. The smsl stream
"A .. b. is.ke h,rh itio il,fer swollen hfstchss.
q No quarter pa't'san,as. the streets "i
n ..t.fo Ddr". I,f''J cira.thc i'ne Matt. down
I. p,.,utioho .Qusrr. ller- aisp ih~ dam1re
n ,rsst AID ihc s,cnc- vhi'h occurred u jhc
u >. net would have o. ihis been enacted, hai
/. 81 ih,' an outlet was lpuud 80 'bc waters
|. a.U, uf lor - Phihp giving way. no'oi,h
x which nc Nairt RISE twelve feet. spj With
~ ..t, ih. srcluves of the Administrator uf t,e
n .,..t we're saved TIE cs'.eway Of 81 Clara,
a D. 'r.n Is rievai"n vas Thought 10 he one II
y .,.ytr.f points and which he dciuge ol 1903
n ,,.,e.,ci. from ihc f.llen aud swoicn waters
II "a. refriitsuna themselves hom bank To- bank
~. o,re With H. pavement torn up. bersme the
II Of. l4rpu. stream. cIcavaiipe along its c"utse
n .-uods,ou, Of all buildings ~ us way even tina,
L. rlrfh ol :, Peter. TITUS was not all streams
~ b, a,,,, quarters Increased this al eady swollen
Il, ssd Wnh At the devastation down To the new
-, Of 81, rc,st, bieiking in do"rs, aud overflow
n ,iuis. OF wine and other merchandise. finding
i dfl,t near 90 he FnnIs'an garden. sweefiog
j 81, ,ht Size Is. "vctiutniug walls. around down To
Jobbs market, luundsung :he houses on tie
J., stu ,i3e
Although the waters from ST I1zil and 81 John
Iule damage ~ the CITY. ihev saept off into the
n ran. ~indmills, haysts,ks Whole plantations of
-, vans. sud other rurd wrecks Indeed, IL
the country. tee inferior yillsges, and other
MS Of tie island at distance from The city, where
j. great fpr'e at tie devastating io'd was mostly
II Is vet too early Ia learn lie whole extent Of
!. disasters, but wlIai is known of them Is most
Iiuihc. The skirts OF the cry of Fourhal the
sn,hcs OF Camacha aid CAMEO. have undergone
ii,inrtUnes never bef'r- experienced In the towns
4 districts 81 II Cruz. hachCo. as Ear as ~ An
Fnia te Sierra. the calamity was not confined To
.t.ysrds lsnds, houses, and roads, bot many lives
r.re lost. From them come repeated calls for pro-
,,ns 10 surcor the extreme misery Of hundreds of
.
,ofa up b, the wind and swept OF by the food /,
the Pur0 d, Cruz, which ir IN the shore 40 the
very pinnacle of the mnuais rs WAS rs a garden,
lost lis wealth IN few brief hours the extensive
PARISH " Fa,el, erizei by beautiful streams, re-
mains desert. nnmberless cultivated fields and
vney Yards are laid waste. From the Parishes Of ST.
George Afc"s. ST. Vincent. Ponia, D-lgad, Porte
MOaiz, and Others down 10 that of Ca!liets.
pn account had yet been received OF the rumored
loss o public and private property. The town o
Cahsti had mostly disappeared aud great was TN
dsvasia'i"n IN the pafi~h at the sune name. i
,tu Of MaadAlen, the destruction was complete
anl eteai the los. of lives. In Canhas the tree
we're upropieh. swept of. even the Ear Charmed Cen
L. M ~ ,.t,ss,nut, v-i,c by travellers AMI which
had on us vast branches supported many jpyou
party around the banquering table. The towns ,
T,boa. Bneirs Bravo, aud Sierra d',gua. hav
todep,re i'm nenss havo from thence To Canal
de I,bps 1t incre ,>ed in extent ,nI loss-the ot,lr
parishes, around AMI down to Funchtf, have n,
suffered less. In , word from all directions and
eyety hour muh,udes nf terrified country peop,,
with their wives and chi Jrcn. were A. king inl
the ri'y 'or sOcror and protection Th" surface
the lsl'd Is hardly recognizable; the bridges ha,
uls'VrateI' me fo'ds are tulnel ; orchards, vint
yards. devastated country dwellings Laid lo~
hn'se' swept away, aihers, others in ruins, al
may damaged. It is rrconed that more than w
hundred are in his ,condlIion.
Such j. the description we take rom the Lisbon r
vista Unlyetsi of this most awful cataslrophei 90
frmed by private letters, And yet this is not a.,
On the 2G.h. Two DAYS Afterwards furious sior
sss1'ed the shipping in t'r roads, Of which as v,
We have nn particular account. The Rpvisia say
The shp~ re Ks, with which the sea on The PC
endea iored TO vie with the dis s,er> Shore aft
the Description Of these would iasnf'rr,hly 'ncrea
he snguish ufih~ narrator AMI his readers"