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1842-05-07

Earthquake splits the mountain at Saut-d’Eau

Haitian

It is called VILLE-BONHEUR because of the apparition of a virgin under Emperor Faustin I. It is also called SAUT-D’EAU because on 7 May 1842, at the time of the earthquake that destroyed the town of le Cap, the mountain split open and a river appeared, falling from the mountain. The rays of the sun striking the falling water produce the most beautiful effect.

Rouzier tells this under the entry VILLE BONHEUR, ou SAUT-D’EAU.

Source  ·  p. t. IV, p. 260 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. IV) (1928), p. t. IV, p. 260