Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hinga te kino ki Portugal i te ata o te 1 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1755, i
I pātia a Lisbon e tētahi ruu kaha e tata ana ki te 9 te kaha o te tauine Richter. I whakangaromia te pa e te ru, e te tsunami me ngā ahi i muri mai. I ora a De Melo na te waimarie, a, i timata tonu ia ki te hanga i te taone nui, me tana korero rongonui: "He aha inaianei? E tanu ana mātou i te tupapaku, e whangai ana i te hunga ora".