1908-07-06
Port-au-Prince arsenal explodes
Haitian
Since so many fires, some owners have had their buildings rebuilt in masonry; these constructions are very fine. The arsenal blew up 3 times: on 2 February 1827, on 12 September 1866 and on 6 July 1908. Hurricane of 28 September 1820.
Rouzier tells this under the entry PORT-AU PRINCE [le].
Source · p. t. III, p. 463
Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. III) (1927), p. t. III, p. 463