 | Bryan Edwards - 1793 - 532 pagina’s
...this great defalcation, cannot be doubted. The capital of this ifland was fcarce rifen from the afhes to which it had been reduced by two dreadful fires,...from its foundations, and the whole country made a fcene of defolation, by the ftorm of the loth of O&ober 1780, in which no lefs than four thoufand three... | |
 | 1794 - 612 pagina’s
...(fays our author,) was fcarcely rifen from the aihes to which it had been reduced by two dreadful ires, when it was torn from its foundations, and the whole country made a fcene of defolation, by the ftorm of 1780, in which 4326 of the inhabitants miferably periihed. Another... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1805 - 408 pagina’s
...has contributed to this great defalcation cannot be doubted. The capital of the island was scarcely risen from the ashes to which it had been reduced...of the 10th of October 1780, in which no less than four thousand three hundred and twenty-six of the inhabitants miserably perished ; and the damage done... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1805 - 410 pagina’s
...has contributed to this great defalcation cannot be doubted. The capital of the island was scarcely risen from the ashes to which it had been reduced...of the 10th of October 1780, in which no less than four thousand three hundred and twenty-six of the inhabitants miserably perished; and the damage done... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1806 - 428 pagina’s
...other West Indian islands, within the last twelve years, has contributed to this great defalcation, cannot be doubted. The capital of this island was...of the 10th of October 1780, in which no less than four thousand three hundred and twenty-six of the inhabitants (blacks and whites) miserably perished... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1806 - 398 pagina’s
...contributed to this great defalcation, c;un:ot be doubted. The capital of the Island v/,r, »cinely risen from the ashes to which it had been reduced by two dreadful lires, wlie:i it was torn troro its tbundations, and the whole country irii'le a scene of desolation... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 408 pagina’s
...visited. The capital of the island was scarcely risen from the ashes to which it had been reduced by fire, when it was torn from its foundations, and the whole...desolation by the storm of the 10th of October, 1780. Above 4000 of the inhabitants miserably perished, and the damage of property was computed at above... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 774 pagina’s
...visited. The capital of this island was scarcely risen from the ashes to which it had been reduced, when it was torn from its foundations, and the whole country made a scene of desolation by a storm on the 10th of October, 1780, in which above 4000 of the inhabitants miserably perished, and... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 750 pagina’s
...visited. The capital of this island was scan-ely lisen from the ashes to which it had been reduced, when it was torn from its foundations, and the whole country made a scene of desolation by a storm on the 10th of October, 1780, in which above 4,000 of the inhabitants miserably perished, and... | |
 | Louis A. Pérez - 2001 - 220 pagina’s
...1828), 2:177-78. Years after the Barbados hurricane, Bryan Edwards wrote: "The capital of this island was torn from its foundations, and the whole country made a scene of desolation. . . . [Djamage to the country was computed at £1,320,564 sterling." Edwards, History . . . of the... | |
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cannot be doubted. The capital of this island was scarce risen from the ashes to which it had been reduced by two dreadful fires, when it was torn from its foundations, and the whole country made a scene of desolation, by the storm of the 10th of October... 