The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1843-03-11
From the Baltimore American.
A TERRIBLE EARTHQAKE.
10000 Lives Lost.
Destruction ofthe ToWn of Point Peire,
Guadalupe.
Several Thousand Lives Lost.

Guaaetotpe.
Several thousand Lives LOST
7 Capt. Thompson, of the brig Frances
Jane, a, this port yesterday from 81. Johns
p. r. reports the occurrence at thai place
of severe shock of an earthquake on the
9Th February, which TASTED about two min.
u.es, bat did no especial damage, inteli-
gence OF the destructive effects OF the earth.
quake in various other islands is given in
The annexed extracts from letters, received
BY the Francis Jane.
81. Johns, p. r. FEB. Ia. 1919.
We had severe shock of an earthquake
on the 9th inst. bat il was not SO severe as
the one last year. though it lasted longer
time. In ST. Thomas il was very severe,
and is said 10 have lasted over two minutes
All persons fed from their houses but most
fortunately no one was hurt, and no maeri
al damage was done there. A vessel arriv.
cd a, St. Thomas from Antigua reports ll,a,
all the houses were thrown down IN that
Island, and the windmlls were either down
4 orso much injured tha. they cannot be
worked. In Nevis, also, every thing lex.
cep. the Bath House) is down, and the
steamer passing Martinique. Guadalupe
and Monserai, saw those islands covered
| with dense cloud Of dust.
/ Ne accounts have ye. been received from
any ether Island, but we fear we shall hear
Of great destruction of property and loss o
life in all the Windward Isla.ds. We can
no. vouch for the truth Of the above, bu
We give ii as we received it from credila
BILE source in ST. Thomas.
| ST. Johns, p. Il. Fe6. Is, ls4a.
We Yesterday received advices from III,
4 Windward. The effects of the Earthquake
of the 9Th instant, have heen awful indeed
The town of Poin, Peter, Guadaloupe, i
entirely destroyed. and ten thousand per
sons are supposed TO haze been killed.
The loss of property is immense. At AG
tigua there has also been greas loss O
property, though but few lives were des
Iroyed. All the mills and sugar works ar
: more or less injured, and The greater par
, of the crop will be lost. Nevis, Monlsera
Barbadoes, &c, are all said to have suffere
much, but 10 what extent is not know
here yet.
EP. The earthquake whose effects hav
been SO fearfully experienced in The Yves
India Islands on the 9th February, was in
dicaied by the sigh! shocks which wer
fell on the same day at Washington City
Newbern, Raleigh, Charleston and othe
! points along tie southern Atlantic coast a
far as Savannah inclusive. II will also b
: recolected that the u. s. brig Decatur, I
!, Norfolk. and the barque Inca at this POI
reported that they had distinctly fel, III
shock Of an ea.hGuake al sea on the 3!
: February-,he former In lat. 20, lS, n
and long. 81, SO; and the latter in LAT. ],
!, 80, N. and long. go. The same shock wa
also fell at sea, by several vesse,s whic
!, have since arrived at New York, BosiG
: and elsewhere.
rThere was distinct shock of cart
: quake felt on the 4lh January in the vale
;. OF ihe Mississippi; and another on the l6
u February. I.remains to be seen whelh
these were connected with more violei
Z convulsions al distant points.
u Il.