“Extract of a letter....”
Date
5-1-1812
Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Raleigh, North Carolina
Serial Number
662
Abstract
Felt report for earthquake at Caracas, Venezuela
Transcript
Extract of a letter received by the schooner Independence, from Laguira. "It is not within the compass of my ability to describe to you the misery of these people; fear & despair, grief & ruin, have completely overwhelmed them. Parents have escaped, with the loss of their children; children with the loss of their parents, and very few without the loss of their property. Already five hundred persons have been found, and the probability is, that a greater number still remain buried beneath the ruins. The destruction at Caraccas is much greater; 2500 bodies have been thrown upon the funeral pile, and burned already, and it is supposed, that from 5 to 10,000 souls are lost-Out of 40 Churches in that place two convents only remain standing. Such is the lamentable situation of these two places, that it will be a long time before they can be reinstated. No business of any nature is doing. All the Americans here will go to Porto Cavello."--ib.
Recommended Citation
"“Extract of a letter....”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 649.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/649