"Earthquakes in Divers Places."
Another Earthquake at Broussa. Broussa, April 11. Yesterday evening shortly before 8 o'clock, two or three violent shocks of an earthquake were felt here, and caused universal terror among the inhabitants. Every one called to mind the fearful scenes which had occurred hardly a month since, and was struck with the apprehension of the coming calamity, unhappily only too fully realized. In five minutes from that time every public monument and building in Broussa was a heap of ruins. Complete details of the catastrophe are still wanting; but it may be said, in brief, that the city is destroyed—fire having devoured what relics the earthquake had left. Among other noble monuments that have perished is the magnificent mosque of Oulou-Djami, the pride of the city. Two minarets of this edifice were overthrown in the former earthquake, and cupola cracked. It is now wrecked from top to bottom, leaving nothing but a pile of crumbled stones, amidst which the celebrated turbes of the first Sultan are buried. All the other mosques have experienced a like fate. No stone-built house in Broussa has resisted the terrible shocks. Enormous masses of earth and rock were detached from the flanks of the mountain, above the upper streets of the place, and rolled down upon the Jew's quarter, whose destruction they completed. As to the wooden houses, which escaped with less damage from the earthquake, they have been destroyed almost totally by a conflagration. The flames broke forth at many points simultaneously, about nine o'clock, and are still raging. The scene is awful. The Bazar, and the whole quarter of the city around it, presents nothing but heaps of smouldering ashes. The European quarter has suffered least. The houses of the Franks are built in the plain, and have, in many instances, withstood the shock. But what misery is around us on every side! If the Government does not afford assistance promptly and energetically, hundreds of families who are left destitute of food, shelter or clothing, must perish miserably. Noon. The conflagration still rages; the night has been fearful. Shocks of earthquake have not ceased to be felt, and are still recurring. More than 150 have been counted, of greater or less violence. The population seem paralysed with terror, and are plunged into a state of indescribable stupor. The number of victims it is impossible to reckon. Who, indeed, can give an account of them? News has arrived that the village of Tikindji, situated about a league from Broussa, has been totally destroyed. Several hamlets and farm-houses in the vicinity are also reported to have been wrecked by the convulsion. Two shocks of an earthquake were felt at Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio, on the night of the 30th ult. A vibratory motion was sensibly felt, and a rumbling sound heard.