Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-05
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Earthquake I'm the West Indies.

saws the Antigua Herald, the earthquake
laid PROSTATE or otherwise seriously in
lured almost every windmill, steam. en-
CINE, and every set OF sugar works on the
island, rendering useless, almost every
church and chapel, as The few that are
left Standing are so seriously rent and in
iured as TO be unsafe even for a temporary
shelter, and therefore dangerous in The
extreme for public worship. -"
The Cathedral, our ancient, venerable
and beautiful Parish Church (for ages the
principal ornament OF Saint John) has been
so seriously injured as to BE- totally unfit
for divine worship. The roof having been
twis'ed from its original position on the
walls ovrg, threatens an early terrific tail;
and the walls are So severely rent and
broken as TO have been rendered utterly
useless until they shall have been lhoroug-
ly rebuilt from the foundation. The Tow
er has also been SO severely split and shat,
tered that serious injury is Threatened 10
the adjacent houses and their occupants,
as its fill is seriously apprehended should
there come on heavy full Of rain.
The Coun House, Public Arsenal, Pc
lice Office, Lunalic Asylum, Common
Jail, House of Correction, Military Bar.
racks, Her Mdjestys Custom House, and
several warehouses have been SO seriouSl y
injured as 10 require very extensive re-
building aud repairs. His Exeeilency is
sued a proclamation yesterday, command
ing Friday next 10 be Set apart as a day
of solemn thanksgiving to Almighty God
for his great mercy vouchsafed 10 Us IN
protecting our lives from the imminent
danger occasioned by the dreadful and IN.
paralleled earthquake of wednesday last.
The immense loss OF property occasion.
ed BY this visitation will require several
millions Of pounds sterling to replace.
The present most luxuriant and large
quantity of canes which crown the fields
will unavoida6Iy be sacrificed for want Of
mills 10 grind, and sugar works TO manu-
facturr the present boun,lful standing
crops. r. 49,: III
This sad catastrophe was preceded BY
an extraordinary and alarming rise of the
tide 10 the extent If four feet above lis US
uaI flow. -.-=
We have not been able 10 ascertain the
accurate number of lives that have been
lost on the occasion of the melancholy
visitation : but we have not heard gilmore
than eight. ~. ~. .+.--@..
A high hill overlooking English HAr
Dor. on the S. w. side of Antigua, fell in
TO the harbor, and so DISTRACTED it as tc
render il useless.
Saba. The injury sustained is confin
ed to some cisterns, walls and masses o
rocks breaking off from the mountain
tops. - -.
ST. EusTATIus.-The shock was yer,
, severe, il continued upwards Of minutes
Several buildings badly injured, the prin
cipal Of which are the Dutch and Metho
dist churches, both mach damaged.
ST.. BARTHoLoMEw.-The shock wa
severe, preceded by rumbiing noise, til
inmates ofthe houses rushed into the stree
during this scene Of confusion the cart
opened and closed in centrdl part Of III
town, through the aperture The water Is
sued, having a Stagnan. aud 81 phurou
smell--lhe opening yet remains; the Meth
odist Chapel, several stone buildings an
whafves are much injurrd-the water ]
the harbor became dlscolored. ...:.~ =.
81. Christopher suffered to consideI
able extent; the shock was severe, injul
ing many buildings, and threatening d.
struct:on 10 the wre,ched inha bItants, VIII
fed 10 the public squares terror stricke
at The appalling event - several OF u
public buildings are destroyed, anon
which The Anglican church--of distfes
ing casualties il is only recorded, that or
female persisted and several persons r
ceived injuries, but who were from la
accounts recovering.
, Neuis The shock was severely f
in different parts OF the toNn-large rem
appeared from which wafer was seen
issue; The inhabitants succeeded iG &c
ting out OF their dwellings previous
their falling; the extent oil injury 10 pro
erty IS considera bic, many buildings t
tally destroyed, the reminder unlenant
bie-no particulars yet arrived OF the 10
of life
D NontserGt. Accounts by several arl
e walls agree 10 stating that island to ha
8 been developed in smokcoor dust, as
: thrown up by the eruption of voIcan
a vessel who happened TO be withlo
couple of miles from The land at the tlr
u Of the shock received on her deck sor
5 OF the falling cinder or lava, the seaaro
e was agitated with extraordinary violen'
III the master and crew. considered The "
sci in imminent danger; from these c
St cumstances considerable degree OF a
l. prehension exists respecting the fate Oil
L island.
Basseterre. The shock was severe.
of short duration-the injury sustain
y consist of some walls, few buildings a
sugar works