156 THE GREAT EARTHaUAKE OF 1755 . jf 
that die most resolute person durst not stay a ^ 
extricate the friend he loved most affectionately) 
removal of the stones beneath the weight of which 
crushed. Self-preservation alone was consulted ; 
most probable security was sought, by getting ,vl'‘ 
places, and into the middle of the streets. TboS®_^ 
were in the upper stories of die houses, were in (If 
more fortunate than those who attempted to escape 
doors, many of the latter being buried beneath th® 
with the greater part of the foot passengers. Th®®^/ 
were in carriages escaped the best, although the drivc/*|jjf 
cattle suffered severely. The number, however 
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who perished in the streets, and in the houses, wa* B 
Ilf 
inferior to that of those who were buried beneath 
of the churches ; for, as it was a day of solemn 
these were crowded for the celebration of the mass 
were more 
numerous 'than the churches of Londol’ . > 
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Westminster taken collectively ; and the lofty stecp 
tlis' 
most instances fell with the roof, insomuch 
escaped. 
The first shock, as has been noticed, was eX'‘ i ilf 
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short, but was quickly succeeded by two others ; ■ 
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whole, generally described as a single shock, lastcn^jjl 
ill 
five to seven minutes. About tw'o hours after, ih’C* ^ if 
out in three different parts of the city ; and this n®' (jiJ 
mity prevented the digging out of die immense 
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cealed beneath the ruins. From a perfect calm _ 
gale immediately after sprang up, and occasioned . if’, 
to rage with such fury, that in the space of three 
city was nearly reduced to ashes. Every element * # 
to conspire towards its destruction ; for, soon jir 
shock, which happened near high water, the tide 
instant forty feet, and at the castle of Belem, " llj^ 
fends the entrance of the harbour, fifty feet 
had ever been known. Had it not subsided as 
die whole city would have been submerged. A h'w 
quay sunk to an unlhthomable depth, with 
dreds of persons, not one of the bodies of "'h'’:,, 5' 
afterwards found. 
not one of the bodies of , jii 
Before the sea thus came roUh’S 
a mountain, the bar was seen dry from the shore- 
The terrors of the surviving inhabitants were 
inuld^led. Amid the genorul confusion, and_dd 
