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<DATE>2007-12-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE
Great Earthquake
<HI>At Quito in Peru</HI>
Which de&s;troyed a great Number of the
SPAINIARDS
IN THE
<HI>WEST INDIES.</HI></HEAD>
<P>UPon the Twenty day of <HI>June Anno Domini</HI>
One Thou&s;and Six Hundreth Ninty Eight,
There happened a mo&s;t dreadful Earth|quake
near <HI>Quito,</HI> two Mountains opening, from
whence i&s;&s;ued a prodigious quantity of Water and
black Mud, and overflow'd the Countrey. The
River <HI>Ambato</HI> and &s;ome others, &s;well'd to &s;uch
a Degree, that they ruin'd a great Number of
Gradens, Hou&s;es and Mills, and drowned much
People and Cattel. The Earthquake was princi|pally
felt from <HI>Rio Bambo</HI> to <HI>Chimbo,</HI> and from <HI>Qui|to</HI>
to <HI>Mignel,</HI> where it did great mi&s;chief: The
Town of <HI>Ambato</HI> is utterly ruined, and mo&s;t of the
Inhabitants drowned in their Beds: The Town
of <HI>Patate</HI> 4 Leagues di&s;tant was overflowed, but
all the People exeept 200 e&s;caped, the Mud ha|ving
&s;toped the Water, afforded them time to re|tire
to a Neighbouring Mountain. <HI>Tacunga</HI> is ut|terly
de&s;troyed, with mo&s;t of the Inhabitants; &amp;
mo&s;t of the Churches and Hou&s;es of <HI>Rio Bambo</HI>
are overturned, but all the People, except 40 e|&s;caped.
Letters al&s;o from <HI>Popajan</HI> of the 10th.
of <HI>September</HI> la&s;t give account, that they had heard
terrible Roarings under Ground, which puts them
into a General Con&s;ternation, and one of the <HI>Vol|cano</HI>'s
of <HI>Pa&s;to</HI> is broke out into dreadful Smoak
and Flames, with extraordinary Noi&s;e:</P>
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