Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tau te kino ki Portugal i te ata o te 1 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1755, i te wā i patua ai a Lisbon e te ru kaha
me te nui o te tauine Richter e 9. 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".