Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume 2 (of 2): A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present dayLanaghan, Mrs.
History
Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume 2 (of 2): A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day
Lanaghan, Mrs.
Antigua -- Description and travel; Antigua -- History
“Bellevue, Messrs. Shand’s—down.
Renfew’s—down.
Belmont’s—down.
Bath Lodge, property of Walters—down.
Green Castle’s, Sir Henry Martin’s works and mansion—down.
Lower Freeman’s—down.
Sir Geo. Thomas’s works, and part of the mansion—down; the
manager was obliged to take up his quarters under a shed.
Little Duers—down.
Big Duers—down.
Ffrys—down.
Elliot’s, part of sugar works—down.
Potter’s—down.
La Roche’s—down.
Baijer Otto Baijer’s—down.
Mount Pleasant—down.
Rock Hill—down.
Delap’s—down.
George Byam’s—partly down.
Patterson’s new steam-mill, and works—down.
Monterea’s—down.
Paynter’s—down.
Gunthorp’s—down.
Claremont’s, the seat of the Hon. W. E. Williams, untenantable,
and works of two estates—down.
Gambles, Admiral Tollemache’s—down.
The Wood—down.
Fryar’s Hill—down.
McKinnon’s—down.
The newly erected sugar-works of Wm. Williams, Esq.—down.
&c. &c. &c.”
The city of St. John’s suffered severely, and after the
earthquake, presented a most dismal appearance. About one-third
of the stores and dwellings were levelled with the ground; and
the remainder (with the exception of those buildings erected of
wood) so shattered and torn, that they were rendered
untenantable. Some of the houses were completely twisted round,
presenting an acute angle to the street, instead of their usual
position. The cranes at the water’s edge were many of them lifted
out of the ground; and in several of the stores, streams of water
bubbled up through the interstices of the pavement. The
court-house, police-office, (formerly the old jail,) the arsenal,
the new jail and barracks, the registrar’s office, treasurer’s
office, governor’s secretary’s office, (recently erected,)
colonial bank, Antigua library-rooms, &c., were all of them rent
and torn, and several rendered unsafe. The cathedral of St.
John’s was damaged to a great extent, the tower being rent from
top to bottom, the north dial of the clock precipitated to the
ground, and part of the east wall of the tower thrown upon the
roof of the church. The handsome altar-piece was entirely
destroyed; and many of the monuments which graced the walls of
the cathedral were hurled from their resting-places, and shivered
into atoms. Of these were the tombs of Lord Lavington, Warner,
Kelsick, Ottley, and Atkinson. The font was thrown off its
pedestal, seven of the large pipes in the front of the organ
knocked out, and much damage done to the interior of that
instrument. The whole of the south-east walls of the cathedral
were thrown into the churchyard, carrying with them some of the
ornamental ground-glass windows. The north-west walls fell in one
mass of ruins, while the north-east protruded beyond the
perpendicular. The north and south vestibules were almost blocked
up by the piles of massy stones and bricks. The churchyard also
presented a melancholy appearance, many of the tombs being rent
open, and split in various places.
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