The Earthquake Of Juan Fernandez As It Occurred In The Year 1835

Author : Thomas Sutcliffe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332009817
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Earthquake of Juan Fernandez written by Thomas Sutcliffe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Earthquake of Juan Fernandez: As It Occurred in the Year 1835 Having been repeatedly requested by my friends, since my return to England, to give them some account of the Earthquake which occurred on the Island of Juan Fernandez in the month of February, 1835, I have concluded to adopt the present mode of communicating authentic information of what really took place during my government of the island, as well as of the disasters which were experienced about the same hour on the Continent of Chile. I am induced to take this course, more especially, in consequence of the extraordinary accounts which have been published in this country relative to the total destruction of the island, and the appearance of a new group of islands in the vicinity. Certainly it is impossible to say what may happen in the vicinity of islands known to have originally sprung from volcanic matter, and where extraordinary convulsions have been witnessed; but I have no knowledge whatever of the occurrence of what these writers have intimated. The earthquake to which I refer, took place during my residence as Political and Military Governor of the Island of Juan Fernandez, in the year 1835, and I am not aware that there has been any similar visitation since that period. I sailed from the island on the 28th of January last, and then learned from the person I had left as Governor of Masa Fuera, previous to the insurrection, and who had remained in charge of my establishment on the island, that nothing extraordinary had occurred since my expulsion in September, 1835, except the total destruction of all the edifices, forts, cattle, c., by the mutineers and crews of vessels touching there for refreshment; the Chilian Government having, on account of the Peruvian War, withdrawn the garrison, c.I was an eye-witness of the awful catastrophe of the 20th of February, and, with the exception of those who lost their all, the greatest sufferer from its ravages. The particulars of that event are in an extract from my journal, written at the time, and other documents in my possession. These statements, I am aware, will fail to convey an adequate idea of the appalling scene I have witnessed; for I can conceive of nothing more terrible than an earthquake. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.