Τα σπίτια γκρεμίζονται, οι στέγες αναποδογυρίζονται πάνω στα θεμέλια, τα θεμέλια σκορπίζονται. Τριάντα χιλιάδες κάτοικοι κάθε ηλικίας και κάθε γένους πλακωθήκαν κάτου από τα ερείπια.
Large sheets of flames and cinders covered the streets and public places; the houses tottered, and were tumbled topsy-turvy even to their foundations, which were themselves destroyed, and thirty thousand inhabitants of both sexes, young and old, were buried beneath the ruins.