Cap-Haitian Earthquake On May 7, 1842 ++++++

1842, May 7. Earthquake Shook Cap-Haitian And The Entire Island If Haiti.

On May 7, 1842: An earthquake destroyed the city of Cap-Haïtian and other towns in the north of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; this earthquake also destroyed the Sans-Souci Palace. 10,000 people were killed.

1842, May 7. earthquake. Shook whole island. (see Heinl, p. 177) 10,000 people dead in O Kap. Wrecked P-a- Paix, Mole St. Nicola, O Kap and Fort Liberte. Hit Dominican Republic too. See Rodman, Black Republic. He claims the Citadelle was seriously damaged by this quake. See Sir Spenser St. John, p. 12. He claims several thousand died.

Also p. 87 "...which injured every city in the northern department, and almost annihilated Cap Haitien." In the letters of Herbert Tyson, (USN) he says "The town is not, at present, a place of much importance, having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1841, at which time about six thousand people perished. It had then a population of from sixty to seventy thousand, and was one of the largest towns on the island. Now there are scarcely six thousand persons in it." He misreports the date as 1841, but he was operating from discussion with people when he was there in 1865.

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