“From St. Bartholomew...”
Date
6-4-1812
Newspaper
Savannah Republican
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 4
Newspaper Location
Savannah, Georgia
Serial Number
728
Abstract
Report from the Caribbean island of St. Bartholomew that a volcano had erupted on the island of St. Lucia
Transcript
BALTIMORE, May 20. From St. Bartholomews.--By capt. Daniel of schooner Eagle, information was received from St. Lucia, on the 6 h May, [unreadable] on the 1st of May a 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 on St. Barts, by his Britanic majesty's brigs Lora and Maria, which have been blockading that port for some time, and sent to St. Thomas and Tortola for adjudication, among which is the ship Ceres of New York, which was taken on the 1st 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 1st of May, and after a long and severe action the later made her Escape and arrived safe at St. Kitts, having sustained a great deal of damaged together with the loss of a great number of her crew.
Recommended Citation
"“From St. Bartholomew...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 714.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/714
