“Extract of a Letter from Laguria
Date
5-9-1812
Newspaper
Western Spectator
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Marietta, Ohio
Serial Number
1298
Abstract
Account for the march 26, 1812 earthquake at Laguria in the Caribbean. .
Transcript
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Carraccas, to his lady in this city, dated April 2, 1812. "I have the happiness to inform you that I am in good health and safe, after one of the most terrible earthquakes that nature could inflict on a country without entirely swallowing it up-this dreadful catastrophe took place on Thursday, the 26th ult. at 7 minutes past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and continued 1 minute and some seconds. It has totally destroyed two-thirds of the houses in this town, and about one-fourth of the inhabitants have perished in the ruins-indeed, such a scene of misery I never witnessd. Laguira has suffered much more than this place, being totally destroyed. This letter is written in the open fields, where I have slept since the 26th.
Recommended Citation
"“Extract of a Letter from Laguria" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1234.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1234
