Great information....thank you!
Nancy Jean
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St. George earthquake
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Earthquake in St. George - St. George earthquake
Dates: 07/09/1757 - Warrant God
July 9, 1757 (Saturday)
* Around 23 h 45 'felt a strong earthquake with an approximate duration of
2'
July 10, 1757 (Sunday)
* In the morning the damage is visible:
the tip of the top to Calheta do not think a house standing; Large landslides
originated the emergence of 18 islets.
* About 10 o'clock new earthquake.
* About 16 hours new earthquake. On Top:
* 125 deaths. Having a corpse was buried in the church, 84 in two
trenches opened in Matrix churchyard and 40 were buried in the ruins.
* Camera sends boat Creek to attend the event.
* Camera sends boat with the county prosecutor and clerk of the House,
to take possession of the new coves formed by landslides.
In St. John Faja
* Large landslides.
* Three days later still they heard cries of buried victims.
In Ribeira Seca
* Great destruction.
* 452 deaths.
In Faja dos Vimes
* Church and all demolished houses.
Calheta:
* 135 deaths.
* All razed buildings
In North Little:
* Aparecimento das "
Arregoas<http://www.saojorgedigital.info/geral/arregoas.php> ".
* Several buildings razed
In the Municipality of Sails:
* Alguns ruined temples.
* Several houses destroyed.
* 2 deaths in the Norte Grande.
* 1034 deaths
"Memory of the punishment that the Most High God our Lord commanded this Sam
Jorge Island for punishment of the sins of the inhabitants of that island in
the July 9, 1757 ace eleven to twelve of noute dawn on Sunday that counted ten
of the same mez.
it was punished this Island on the sabbath day will noute ace aforesaid hours
with big earthquake in this villa as few ruined temples and houses getting
illesos death residents della the divine Mercy of the Most High God, but to
show us the great favor and the great mercy that uzou with Nosco this divine
judge was unloading the divine justice blow in the villas Calheta and Topo and
hills, leaving devastated the town of Calheta free to stay as few huma home or
where they arrecolhesse the Blessed Sacrament because have it in the field
under some trees, and on top of the villa succeeded by the same and as few as
was huma hermitage of the Virgin Our Lady of Help and ruined, and was not home
at all, and making prudent judgment and investigation about the dead who
suffered under the ruins say throughout falleceram Island centas nine people,
allowing the Divine Mercy of God be all to his sancta view; and that there is
punishment memory and amendment in addictions in time to come and present me
decided to expressalo in this book to be the most public (...). That made this
reminder that assigno me to July 19, 1757 - I Gaspar Gonçalves Boto, Camara's
scribe wrote. GGBoto. I declare that made investigation again it is known that
falleceram thousand and thirty-four, I aforesaid scribe who wrote it.
(Book 3 of the Reg. Of the candles villa of Camara, fol. 25 v.º) "
Bibliography:
FILE AZORES Volume IV, p. 353.
Edition of the University of the Azores
Ponta Delgada - 1981
(from where you extracted the quotes)
Cunha, MA - HISTORICAL NOTES
Edition of the University of the Azores
Ponta Delgada, 1981.
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