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GONAIVES .IlAIT!. Hay 9th [duplicate] and Hay 20th. 1842. ~!'le55r.ClasSlllan&. Co,Bordeaux [franee] ... We are here in the midst of ruin &. terror caused by ~ dread·ful Earthquake by IIhich we lIere visited on the 7th Inst ... Hay 20th ... We are notyet. recovered from the Panic caused ..•.. "nd the account.s we dai ly receive tro..other parts of the Isla.nd are truly <lllful.The C"pe [H<lit.icn] Is t.ot.ally destro­yed _ St..Jago "Iso. Our t.olln "bout h"lt dOlln,ne"rly ,,11 t.he Houses in the Planta­tions levelled lIith the ground. Port au Prince and the lIest part. or the !alandhave suffered but. litt.le.The 1055 of lives have been immense at t.he Cape - morethan Six Thousand perlons llaoS buried under the Ruins of the Homes .... f.Osler".

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