Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-13

Dor Of this quaint old Town heh nuii''
q city which was unro She scat OF
wealth and pnnlglcy and al choir ai-
tcndani train OF evils in one aWiW
moment tine earth g0p'l ih' seas
opened To- receive iho palaces ut h-
ccntiournras and closed above ih'm.
and 5000 iuekI,sa m1rilia. To-day
when the waters Of th1 boy are sou
and shining iu the tropical Sum. the
sailors may lean over Che sides OF
their skins. and. r.linr down through
the azure depths Geo iho Dishes swine
ming IN and out Of iro tfohca of Che
old cathedral the sharks moving lnzly
among the great palaces, ana the rc1
moss tvInlng around Che Windows
through which the music aud CONS of
tho jewellers were drifting when the
fearful visitation came aud wip.d the
city from tn face of ihe earth. Two
hundred years have ptra.d since shat
June day when Port Royal dIalpp AIRED
Into the sUH. Three Other C'tira build.
cd upon iir FitH have been % tuH1 cd
hy hrr and hurricane and earthquake.
The avrnrInr power which &c. ndrd
urun the stricken city seemed iu pur
HuH 20 even after ltH ihIualndr hIi
now shlmmrr Ho piur'is except Wh'u
The fearful tphnluH sweep over 70 AMI
lash ii1 waters iu mad rDyclH
~ was June q. 1922. Port Royal lay
nwriterInH under the heat ~ o Tropical
summer iiult upon tongue or land
extended Into the ocean. 10 we swept
by hrCez0s which brought ulih them
little relief from The direct rays OF
the sun. Tho hnrhur WuH nllUi WIN
shipping from uvor port ln thf world
Tor PORT Royal WIS n place nf W"nlih
and luxury. Great liuuiu'H mon-pl'
war iny in tho Ofilnu with thDlr sails
fuflsd and their men rryellng ashore
In the city spanish buccaneers. lud-
On 10 the guards with stolen wealth
sillu Jewels and gold, The spoil nf
Mexico and Central America, swung
at anchor. ana their dark .hrpwrd crews
slept or lnunrfd lnzlly about the decks
while ihf'r masters Joined the fentIv-
liitH ashore. In The houses and pals
aces 90 The city thHrr WIS frvrlry and
foastlnR ana dunkng. Cor ths pirates
~ The Spanish main spent freely what
they secured no olHIIy. Gold was nH
common hH copper lH today. Tho TOD.
oilers be- Go, streets. When they h.li out
baby hands Tor aimf tu thn paHaHfi-
by, we're rewarded with gold piece
or two.
ANOTHER GoMoRRAH
Women atilrcd loo silks and iacoa
which clsi human blood loo the making
and The stealing BOUNCED on luxurious
dlvana close 10 M open Window NJ
the houses aud drank deep druuEhiH
with their paramount license fan
rot There was mo- virtue. ror years
every one In the place had been Grove
INK richJr ANA with the wealth. ctmr
tho desire Tor rahc ana pleasure which
napa peoples Hifonsh. No one
worked. Tor money was brought 10
ana LA HN.s ia
roamcd The seas only 60 capture q
cargo sufficient 90 purchase u frW
weeks ~ pleasure and frnating and
irunkcnncrs at Port Royal From
Peru ana Mexico came lsuat loads ~
gold ana alkrn Htuna aud other truas-
urc and with thH arrival ~ every
pirate the blcchannllan rrvolH o.
doubled IN license ana dopnVliy. The
people llunEcd a. church. hut 10 was
only a mockrfy ~ Wurshlp They were
drunk with their prosperity and Insane
with their longing Tor the pleasures 81
the table ana the Wine cup.
on that Atrd day whom the ven-
goancc which overlook Seldom ana 90.
rnorrah descended upon Port Royal ths
fcvclry was at liH height when there
came sound like 'hr great crack uf
doom. the earth tfcmbled hnd The half
drunken jewellers rushed ff6m tho
houses ln disWhy, Tho great cathedral
rocked ANA iiH tower uDmhled u mls
mont and. while the people were ASK.
Ing one another. Whitrsllppri aud tore
rlncd. what manner ~ thing wuH hap
pcning. thg earth EapHi open uk, q
great Jaw ana closed with thousands
IN be- NAV, catching many half way
iu the frirhtfnl opening ana holding
thrm, crushed and broken, with their
helpless arms extended toward the
hcavrn thay had Hl long forgotten.
Heafvc had this occurred. whom. with "A
faaN y. D.. D.
slide down into tn nrrHu.
iu vain iht lfflrhtHd people began Co
nee 10 the hlFh land beyond thr city
They were caught ana guWlf.d bee
fore they had taken O. Hrut uf Hrpt
Hundreds were uvrrtlklu hy hr rlH.
ING hood 1s ih.y rlt 40 thr fthlHa with
thrlr wine half drunk. and their food
half eaten. their thoughts half apdhHu,
Praying, screaming AMI hltHphrmluE
tho power which had visited lts wrath
upon them, tho hhrlIiH ana pirates uf
~ city were hurried Into the ocean In
the very houses IN which thoy sat- The
ships In the harhlr Ulrrrnrd and sank
one hy one as thu great seismic disc
turhaucc continued, drawing down lu
thelr wake thH t,rrlt-Htrickeu sailors
and huccanrsrH, who Hpnng overheard.
uud ln less ihan uNu minutes ull ihr
Hln uf hr pfunlEti" city were hidden
forever beneath tho waves.
Not Iona uftrr this friFhlful disaster
came another upIu the city. which
took The place NJ the onr which slip
ped into tho aHu. Porto ROYAL was re-
huildpd, NOT with ltH ola ruIuudur ana
mlrnihcrnrc. mot with llH um. glory
and luNuruuHnrss. hut HH ruplrt
"a and ln 1908. Tow years after 10
had assumed thr proportions NJ l city,
u was entirely destroyed hN Ore. AEIIu
n was built up. hut thr lNpngng power
was not vet stated i1r hurricane
HWDuf tho greater norton NO IhH town