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several places, and quantity OF glass ware,
sc. broken. The Protestant Church, an Gle
CANT building, was considerably damaged.
The pinnacles were rent and shattered, and
two of them fell, one through the roof into
the BODY of the building, destroying several
pews. The tower was rent i'll several places
and the town clock was much injured. Many
chimnes fell down, and several roofs tell IN.
No lives were lost, and only two persons
seriously injured; several persons leaped
from the windows of their houses,


The shock VS. as severely felt the har-
Dor as OIL shore. The captain OF vessel
moored two miles and half from the shore,
| felt the shock SO severely, that he. e.cohclnded
that the whole town of Port Spain had been
destroyed. Several persons on board the
vessels in the har5or, were thrown out OF
their births. The shock was generally feit
through the island. A gentleman resident
at Chaguana was thrown out OF his ped, ana
several negro houses were shaken down.
gentleman who was on horseback on MS way
! from St. Joseph was not aware OF the event
until his arrival in town; when ne recailed
to his recollection that his horse had started,
at the time which corresponded with the
shock. As animals are BY instinct particu-
lary susceptible of the occurrences, no
doubt the horse was aware OF the shock
which escaped the notice Of the rider A
person who was crossing Brunswick square
at the time felt the same sensation as is caus-


ed in boat by the motion OF the waves.
The editor attributes the comparatively


small extent of injury to persons and pro-
perty, to the providential circumstance OF
the earthquakes happening at time when
the people were mostly IN their beds, ana
to the sol,itv of their buildings. The vlsl-
tation was proceeded by very hot weather.
Some slight shocks were said to have been
felt on the morning of the Goth.