“in the beginning of the last century....”
Date
2-21-1812
Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 4 and 5
Newspaper Location
Augusta, Georgia
Serial Number
830
Abstract
Chronicle of earthquakes in world for the 1700's
Transcript
In the begining of the last century there was a terrible earthquake of an hour which laid the whole country of Peru in ruins to the extent of three hundred leagues long and ninety wide. Palermo, in Sicily, was nearly destroyed by an earthquake, and six hundred people lost their lives, 1726. Four whole provinces in China were swallowed up by an earthquake, 1732. Almost the whole kingdom of Chili, together with its capital, St. Jago, was swallowed up by an earthquake, 1739. Calao, in Peru, was destroyed by an earthquake, when all the inhabitants perished, excepting one man, who was standing on an eminence, and to whose relief the sea providentially threw a boat, 1746. There was a terrible earthquake at Lima, which entirely destroyed that city, and in which 5000 people lost their lives, 1749. The city of Constantanople, in Turkey was in a manner destroyed by an earthquake and 5000 inhabitants killed, 1745. Two thirds of the houses in Grand Cairo, and forty thousand inhabitants were swallowed up, 1754. In 1755, most of the houses in Lisbon, and thirty thousand inhabitants were destroyed in about eight minutes. This terrible earthquake extended no less than five hundred miles; and at the Azore islands, ten thousand people were buried by it. Damas, in Barbary, was nearly destroyed by an earthquake when sixty thousand six hundred inhabitants perished, 1759. Truillo, in Peru, was swallowed up by an earthquake, 1759. There was an earthquake at Martinico, which destroyed sixteen hundred persons, 1757. Guatimala, in new Spain, was entirely swallowed up by an earthquake, and many thousands of people perished, 1773. At Fauris, in Persia, fifteen thousand houses were thrown down by an earthquake, and a great part of the inhabitants perished. A great part of Calabria was destroyed by an earthquake, and thirty thousand people lost their lives, 1783. Ardschinscham, in Turkey was destroyed and twelve thousand of the inhabitants buried in its ruins, 1714. A part of the island of Cuba, and three thousand persons were destroyed by an earthquake, 1791.
Recommended Citation
"“in the beginning of the last century....”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 814.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/814
