Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-20
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KUN OF The CITY Of IAN SA!.HST
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RUIN OF The CITY Of >Ay sM3Soag.
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The nigh: Of the l6;! o tpr will ever ac ono y:
sad ana bitter memory nr the people .: saiva!or---
Oa that unfortunate nigh, our happv and benu-ti,'
capita! was made heap "t ruins. Movements of the
cnrtii were teli on the morning o.: Holy Thurs!
preceded hv sounds like the rolling n. heavy a.rl..
~ over pavcmcnts, and like ii.,an; thunder. The
people were LITTLE alarmed il, cn...ruuucc o: ti,
Ph"nom!"n"ll but i; did mo- prevent cln from meet.
liS III Tie churches tu celebrate the soemn ut :kc
'shr. On saturday all wa qnc:. ;:: conf icDce w.s
restored The people uI the nrg hh0rii"p,i i-.,l lied,
Us n,uh, To celebrate the Passover. The night o
Saturday was tr;nGU!l, tie whole or Su:lia,
lie heat !; Is true. wil, considerable. hut the al"s
Pn.tc WAS cii n'' serene Fyr III tir; ti':"c houra
~ The evening, nothing u!saI occurred bu: "a; bali.
l'n>t ninc severe shock of IN "aruit..ic uccuT~r
without thu usual preliminary noises aaru,e, l.
whole city. Many families lci their hnysa. and mad,
rr"npnIrl> III the public squares, while o;hcr- pre-
pared t" pass The night III their rrelrciyc corr.
wards.
Fmnlly nj ten minutes torIcvcn wi.huu. rrr!nnni-
tinn o ANY kind, The earth began /" l.ravc and ;rcm-
PIE "llll slic fearful i"r" that i"i second liz :,r.
!ir" cy was p:''>:ri;cl The crashing 81! houses G!
churches stunned III" ears nj The Terrific! iula,,,nr-s
Will. cloud "i 'iu-i from r!. falling r,,s ryi,.i
IN III pail "i lmp'nr;ralr darkness. En; = drop
{" water rpH!d be- 20" 10 relieve III" la,!-choh, ana
suit cuiin. for the wells ami ;u;uaiils were ill. ~,
ar made dry. Ic clock tower a" The Cathedral rdT-
rlcl grni part "i !lc rd.lcc with il in It's !,l Ihr
towers at The church al SHE Francisco crushed! :ao
Episcopal OratnrY and part "i The pa!qcc. The clu!,
81 Aa D"'n-" was buried beneath! liz t"v.rs :.!i
;r college "t the ASSUMPTION WIS cn:ir,l. ruin,,!-
lib" n"w and beautiful ri::i, the IniI er>i,y was
demolished. The church n the Mrrc"h separated IL
The centre. ana lis walls fell outward I" tEo rnuu,i
bi The pr:ntr hnuS,S i,w wcr li standing Ju: ail
wee RENDERED, umlnIlahilnhlc l. il worthy "l remark
that The walls lr!; Standing nl uncs; III; .i,,-r .;
mImrrn construction lrvr !a'.n. The puhi. ,,liiiccr
"t ;!ic governments; and city shared lie common de-
Srnrti"r.
III" first ten seconds 'r although ri -lu.r"ciiusr
s."'k. were tremendous nin accompanied hy -ariEi
rumblin@, beneath oar feet. they had comparatively
ill!:Ig results i"r III" rr;i~'n thai The first had lei; tWt
llttl,. Tor their rava"'~.
Solemn anl terrible was the picture presented OF
;la dark. lrnerral night. ." w!o. people clustering
in III" l'lnzas. and "n their hTc,s erwin. with ,ouG
r".rcs I" llrnvcn for mercy "r IN a"nism., arccni,
calling inr Their children nni trirn- whr! tho: b
li'Nrt {" b." buried beneath tlIc ruia,! Y heaven
"l",iuc nin "nI!m"li-; movement ui -, earth rapid
AMI unequal cnIsn. terror in,srrbahlc ~ IIt.-c
"dor filling the ntIu"s phor' and ind.ca
ting approaching eruption n the volcano. street.
filed with ruins oycrlung 10y threatening waIs IL
cloud al u, almost rendering lt.sI,ir;-
linn impossible. Such WAS lie spectacle r.rsrn1d by
the unhappy city on ;iat memorable" and aw!iii nigh;
y hundred BOYS were .u; nj in the .uy:t. many
irivad crowded! the hospitals. and ;hc barracks wcr.
full ni soldiers. The ~! he catastrophe which
must have bcihicii thcn gave lnig"iic, rl. s;
m"cnis oi reflection AFTER The caTih unhr was over
IL was hcryr! that Il. !:!s. fourth part ui H.. na.
l'iin;> has! been buried brTu :lIr r.in-. Tim Incl-
brrS u! th" government. however. ln'irnrd Ia :-'rr
tain. H. lnr as praciic.i! the -" the rMciIo-
Iic, and to quiet III" public mind. Ii twas iuuud that
tie loss al r had been mach ,-, ,I.an was supposed
and it now appears pruhablr that the number uF iiu
lillc will not exceed iuh and nI wounded IL
Among the laiicr i, the Bishop, who received So.
rre .lnw on :lc head il las trcs.Ien!, ScEor Due
;GcIt III IN: dW"iTii;-S ii t!r c,;i1cnf.
,r,,, ~ .bnrk., md the pr"i,i, tearing g"iI"Fal
wnowng rp of ;'ic site Of the ri;y or i"; u Mi"y
Ne buried uer .olme -'tIcn"rup"n "i i:'' Volcano
ire Fastening. away, taking :'h iHen ts"t il",,e ,
,nl vn.i. ;. sweet memories =" ti':r nilh'%' n''
heir lomrstc anr,,i, perhaps the only pT"p"''% iei
;nr the srpi"r; 9" ;her ;"n''I,,". ,.., :,
The popilia;in "i san salvador 'vas estimated i"
ISJn, at aj9uU. !arli:ag ;IIc little '""a III Us en-
,.rnn. and wl,h we're practically par; al II. such
;s Sovopan=,. I'm Marcos. MeNirnnoS ~. Ii. III
habit:n,, mlgh ,.:yc been estimated AZ 3j,'"'.