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1770-06-03

Earthquake destroys Port-au-Prince and the Cul-de-Sac manufactories

Haitian

The earthquake of 3 June 1770, which overthrew Port-au-Prince, destroyed all the manufactories of the plain of the Cul-de-Sac. The Grande-Rivière remained dry for sixteen hours. Its waters came back all at once and overflowed with violence.

Rouzier tells this under the entry Cul-de-Sac (le).

Source  ·  p. t. I, p. 285 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 285