Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-23
EARTHQUAKE IN rHR INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.

EARTHQUAKE IN rHE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
The Singapore Free Prss." q me lsA q Fsbra.ry
quotes from the lava Bcss" iAs following sess1ai
Of terrible oommotion VI Nsars Which commenced 90
the 10th, or probably the Goth. " psosmbsr last,
On the l6th Of November. sboas twenty minutes 10
eight IN the morning. heavy vertical oscll2lsa a the
ground felt NJ Banda Ncr which soen changed into
rapidly increasing undalsoa IRON the northeast 10 the
southeast, which lasted for more than ave minutes
Every left his house remain ssssaias vss impos
sibe people obliged 20 take hrm hold ~ some
thing, throw themselves the ground In lks orn.
ing slight shower o. rain fe bat eLsrslse ths wa
Their not favorable.
At the first shock nearly All the houses we're thrown
down, very much shattered The Government bsiid-
ings the church, the officers houses In the sncapent
and the warehouses suffered the greatest ia,ury The
Chinese quarter was heap Of ruins the native village
the Zonnegat laid waste. The fapenbsrg fei
partly in, and two bamboo houses upon u disappeared
and Great Bunda the houses Of the park keepers their
outhouses and Knocking houses for the natmegs under
went the fate every thing there also thrown
down, greatly injured; nothing visible VI the VII
lage of Lonthoir but heap Of ruins sara terribly
shattered while detached pieces Of rock lay every where
lament, and only persons slightly bruised
wounded
But the misfortune did not stop here. Abat eight
o'clock disturbance Of the Zee.bevng) occurred,
which filled every heart with fear and dismay and
ed every to fly to the highest ground In quick
cession the bay filled and emptied and az times II APP
peared to be only little river.
The ship Aat al Rachman, laden with rice lying In the
roads, twice touched the ground after-ke her Maes-
tvs brig De Haai which had anchored the day previous
having been driven backwards and forwards number Of
times: but this seaquake increased In frightul
ner and thrice overwhelmed Great Banna and Nera with
the largest rollers the last place they reached
al feet high in the houses and burst the doors open
These huge waves formed in the Zonnegat and in the
channel Of Lonther and high that they beat
Fort Nassau, and reached the foot Of the Hill which
o. h,,s1t
their refux, but at the time leaving behind guam
tty Of fishes. The prahus in the roads were driven
amongst and against each other and carried TO and from
the shore They foundered, drove in the Zonnegat,
where they struck the shore; only few could
themselves by fight These prahus belonged the Saru
and Key Islands and Ceram, and part Of their crews,
finding themselves Shore sought shelter in Of the
sheds on the old pier but they could not Withstand the
force of the rollers and in moment torn out Of
their place of shelter and driven Stewards there msera
bly, to perish 1t is estimated that sixty lost their
lives in this way.
Miserable was the condition of the inhabitants who
saw the waves twenty six feet high rolling rresstiby
towards them, threatening to enguf them the ground
continually rocking under their feet the atmosphere
echong with loud reports like Shots filing their
hearts with fear and this adestructive Undesirable
state Of things lasted, not merely for five minutes
hour day, but for successive days for these frghtu
natural phenomena only ceased the 22d Of December
while all that time scarcely hour passed that the
ground did not heave and shake now in the heaviest
fear remained imprinted in the hearts of the inhabitants
who partly wholly ruined shelter
ing in light bamboo huts, look forward the goomest
future and will perhaps be able from the
blow which they have received
During these earth and seaquakes which last however
did not extend beyond the north side of the Neira and
the south side Great Bandas Gunong Ap quiescen
and alteration observed in the smoke proceeding
from it.
The accounts from the islands Rosengen and All were
even more tragca and the destruction there not less
the last which remain standing also at length fell in and
at present there not than two habable houses
in Neira The residency house has suffered much. Rock
and earth slips from the Papenberg occurred there
length of time.
The same disastrous accounts had been received from
Ceram An earth and seaquake had also occurred there
on the 26th November and caused great damage. The
heavy rollers of the had swept away the houses
the beach, and thrown more than hundred prahus
Shore Of which number had been destroyed while many
persons fell victims to this terrible commoon of
From Amboyna also learn that on the morning
of the 26th November about half past eight the earth
quake felt in direction from N. L. TO w. s. w.,
with duration of about FIVE minutes. This was pre-
ceded on the 10Th by slight shocks. The disturb
of the also took place. but to such destruc
tive and heavy extent at Banda although the same
day Very little damage was caused. The accounts
from the island Amboyna favorable Near
y all experienced the extraordinary commotion both Of
and land. The houses Saparua and many native
boats seriously injured, aud very heavy loss has
been caused.
zorg the night Of the goth December was also felt
the residence of Krawang, Magelang, Bantam Banyu-
MAS, fatal, and Pekalongan, and in the Lampong
districts