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Voyage dans l’Asie-Mineure en 1836–7 by Baptisin Poujoulat

Biography
Biography

Excerpts
English from Poujoulat (1840) Volume 2

This siege, begun on the 8th of June, had lasted for ten eight days, and the viceroy's son trembled for his life . At the same time, the plague and a violent earthquake broke out in Jerusalem; the holy city was plunged into the most appalling consternation. At this moment, the 19th regiment line, commanded by Colonel Moustapha Bey, who left Damascus to succor the Egyptian general, was massacred by a numerous troop of mountaineers in the gorges which border the magnificent plain of Esdrelon on the west.

French from Poujoulat (1840) Volume 2

Ce siége, commencé le 8 juin , durait depuis dix huit jours, et le fils du vice - roi tremblait pour sa vie . En même temps , la peste et un violent tremblement de terre éclatèrent à Jérusalem ; lą ville sainte était plongée dans la plus effroyable consternation . En cet instant, le 19" régiment de ligne, que commandait le colonel Moustapha bey , parti de Damas pour aller secourir le général égyptien , fut massacré par une nombreuse troupe de montagnards dans les gorges qui bornent à l'ouest la magnifique plaine d'Esdrelon .

English from Poujoulat (1840) Volume 1

The city walls [of Caesarea] were torn down by the earthquake of 1834. This catastrophe announced itself with a terrible character. One morning we saw coming out of the foot of Mount Argée thick smoke intermingled with flames of a thousand colors, accompanied by a long noise similar to the distant rumblings of an angry tone. In a moment Caesarea was shaken in its foundations; the houses crumbled and were broken, and four thousand people were buried under the rubble. The minarets, the vaults mosques, churches, and carvanaseris are partly collapsed. The people of Caesarea in that moment of terror, believed that the world was about to end, and the angel's trumpet sounded the last day. This earthquake was felt over an area of ten leagues, south of Mount Argée; several villages were incompletely destroyed a salt water lake took the place of a village called Komtzi.

French from Poujoulat (1840) Volume 1

Les murailles de la ville ont été renversées par le tremblement de terre de 1834. Cette catastrophe s'annonça avec un caractère effroyable. Un matin on vit sortir du pied du mont Argée une épaisse fumée entremêlée de flammes aux milles couleurs , accompagnées d'un long bruit semblable aux grondements lointains du ton nerre. En un moment Césarée fut ébranlée dans ses fondements ; les maisons tombèrent en dé bris, et quatre mille personnes restèrent enseve lies sous les décombres. Les minarets , les voûtes des mosquées, les églises , les karavanserails s'é croulèrent en partie. Les habitants de Césarée dans ce moment d'épouvante , crurent que le monde allait finir, et que la trompette de l'ange sonnait le dernierjour. Ce tremblement de terre se fit sentir sur une étendue de dix lieues, au sud du mont Argée ; plusieurs villages furent en tièrement détruits un lac d'eau salée prit la place d'un bourg appelé Komtzi.

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Chronology
Year Reference Corrections Notes
1834 CE 1834 CE none
Seismic Effects
  • a violent earthquake broke out in Jerusalem
  • The city walls [of Caesarea] were torn down by the earthquake of 1834
  • This catastrophe announced itself with a terrible character. One morning we saw coming out of the foot of Mount Argée thick smoke intermingled with flames of a thousand colors, accompanied by a long noise similar to the distant rumblings of an angry tone
  • In a moment Caesarea was shaken in its foundations
  • the houses crumbled and were broken, and four thousand people were buried under the rubble
  • The minarets, the vaults, mosques, churches, and carvanaseris are partly collapsed
  • This earthquake was felt over an area of ten leagues, south of Mount Argée
  • several villages were incompletely destroyed
  • a salt water lake took the place of a village called Komtzi
  • Ambraseys (2009) states Also in Caesarea, 85 km northwest of Jerusalem, parts of the remaining old walls and of some houses fell, while four nearby villages were also affected, without casualties (Poujoulat 1840, 154 - Volume not specified). JW: I don't find this reference on page 154 in either volume
Locations
  • Jerusalem
  • Caesarea
  • an area 10 leagues (~55 km.) south of Mount Argée (Mount Gerizim?)
  • a village called Komtzi
  • four villages near Caesarea (?)
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