“From St. Bartholomew’s’
Date
6-19-1812
Newspaper
Western Intelligencer
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Worthington, Ohio
Serial Number
1216
Abstract
Account from St. Bartholomew’s in the Caribbean of the eruption of a volcano on St. Lucia.
Transcript
Baltimore, May 20. From St. Bartholomews. By captain Danie's, of the schooner Eagle, we learn, that information was received at St. Bartholomews from St. Lucia on the sixth of May, that on the first of May a large volcano broke out in the island of St. Lucia, which did great damage among the inhabitants. A small village at the distance of about four or five leagues from the place where the volcano broke out, was mostly destroyed, and likewise several of the plantations. A great many of the inhabitants became the victims of this dreadful event. Thirty four drogers and American vessels have been captured off St. Barts, by his Britannic Majesty's brig Lora and Marie, which have been blockading that port for some time, and sent into St. Thomas and Tortola for abjudication, among which is the ship Ceres of New-York, which was taken on the first of May, within two gun shots of the harbor. A French corvette fell in with one of his Britannic Majesty's gun brigs between St. Barts and Antigua, on the night of the first of May, and after a long and severe action the latter made her escape and arrived safe at St. Kitts, having sustained a great deal of damage, together with the loss of a great number of her crew.--Fed. Gazette.
Recommended Citation
"“From St. Bartholomew’s’" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1169.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1169
