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Earthquake Disaster in Quito Peru Described in Detail
Madrid reports authentic relation of Quito city ruin by a major earthquake dated May last. Shocks began April 26 at eight in the morning, with multiple violent quakes, followed by nights of groaning and confinement, magistrates freed prisoners, nuns permitted to leave, and few deaths. Inhabitants displaced to fields, governor sheltering victims at his country house, and widespread destruction of churches and houses.
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Quito
Peru
Carce
Leghorn
Marseilles
Levant
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Lisbon
Italy
Hanover
Drifden
Regiment of Grenadiers
Engineers
Ratisbon
Sieur de Plotho
Brandebourg
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Duke de Richelieu
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Marquis de Mesnil
Louis of Wurtenburg
Frederick de Deux-Ponts
Port-Mahon
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