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Foreign News
September 22, 1791
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A sudden deluge on June 18 caused the river at Puentes Grandes, near Havannah in Cuba, to overflow, destroying the king's snuff mills and several houses, killing nearly 500 people, with damages over a million dollars.
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KINGSTOWN, July 23
A most singular and calamitous instance of the effect of a sudden inundation occurred on the 18th of last month, in the island of Cuba, at a place called the Puentes Grandes, about five miles from the Havannah; where the king's mills for the manufacture of snuff are situated. At this place there is a river which runs between two hills, has several houses on its banks, and is much used by the inhabitants of the city, who at the time mentioned, were there in considerable numbers. A gentle rain had fallen in the earliest part of the day, but about seven in the evening, such a deluge poured down, that a person who was near the spot, declares that nothing was visible but a huge body of water; this continued falling for near three hours, at the expiration of which, the river, that on the preceding day had been near 50 feet below its banks, overflowed and inundated the adjacent land; destroyed in a short time the whole of the stupendous mills, and several dwelling houses. The consternation and terror excited by this sudden visitation, may be more easily imagined than described; near five hundred unhappy persons perished in the water, and the damage sustained is computed at upwards of a million of dollars.
A most singular and calamitous instance of the effect of a sudden inundation occurred on the 18th of last month, in the island of Cuba, at a place called the Puentes Grandes, about five miles from the Havannah; where the king's mills for the manufacture of snuff are situated. At this place there is a river which runs between two hills, has several houses on its banks, and is much used by the inhabitants of the city, who at the time mentioned, were there in considerable numbers. A gentle rain had fallen in the earliest part of the day, but about seven in the evening, such a deluge poured down, that a person who was near the spot, declares that nothing was visible but a huge body of water; this continued falling for near three hours, at the expiration of which, the river, that on the preceding day had been near 50 feet below its banks, overflowed and inundated the adjacent land; destroyed in a short time the whole of the stupendous mills, and several dwelling houses. The consternation and terror excited by this sudden visitation, may be more easily imagined than described; near five hundred unhappy persons perished in the water, and the damage sustained is computed at upwards of a million of dollars.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Cuba Inundation
Puentes Grandes Flood
Havannah River Overflow
Snuff Mills Destroyed
500 Deaths
Where did it happen?
Puentes Grandes, Near The Havannah, Island Of Cuba
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Puentes Grandes, Near The Havannah, Island Of Cuba
Event Date
18th Of Last Month
Outcome
near five hundred unhappy persons perished in the water, and the damage sustained is computed at upwards of a million of dollars
Event Details
A sudden deluge poured down for near three hours, causing the river to overflow its banks by 50 feet, inundating the adjacent land, destroying the king's snuff mills and several dwelling houses.