Yerena Geronimo Cabrera
the cult of the Nazarene in St. Paul in the Basilica of Santa Teresa of our capital city, it is recalled mainly the tragedy on Wednesday saint, dated April 9, 1952. On many occasions has said that the only known incident since the Nazareno de San Pablo was that Wednesday is revered holy Holy Wednesday in 1902, fifty years ago, tragedy struck similar, but smaller proportions that of 1952.
The people of Caracas in the early twentieth century, remembered with fear the quake occurred at 4:42 a.m. on 29 October 1900, called San Simón, moreover, by the fact that a new earthquake has occurred on the morning of that day. At that time about 20 houses collapsed, and there were 21 dead and over 50 wounded. This kept the population with elevated mood, for this reason arrival Easter 1902, on Holy Wednesday, the Caracas took to make supplications to Nazareno de San Pablo.
The Basilica of Santa Teresa was full, when they celebrated the Mass, at 9 am, he suddenly heard a cry: "Mercy, earthquake! ". He was allegedly shot and a picture fell from the wall, someone mistook him for a nervous trembling immediately panicked, which caused an uproar suddenly, everyone wanted to leave at the same time, and a minute later there was nobody left in the temple, except a few wounded, not specified the exact number of deaths, it is true that there were. Comment
Jose Garcia de La Concha in his entertaining book Reminiscences life and customs of the old Caracas, the following: "In the church there is only the hill carpeted with umbrellas and parasols, skirts and shoes, and Andalusian carrieles and a lot of things. Many years later was a lady with the ear line and told us, dear, that was when Zaperoco de Santa Teresa "Trailer
the April 9, 1952, on Wednesday Santo, Santa Teresa.
From the morning of that day, the Basilica of Santa Teresa was packed with faithful, some doors were closed for repairs, Hortensio Monsignor Carrillo started the sacred offices, and suddenly, around dawn, he heard a voice: "Fire! "Then panic flooded in the audience, all tried, in a sudden and disorderly, where they could leave, with the aggravation of the confusion created by the obstacles on some of the outputs. Unexpectedly the crowd miraculously stopped and began to leave in an orderly fashion. In the tragedy there were 49 dead, including 24 minors, and hundreds injured. This memory still lingers
sadly all Caracas at the time, and its different versions it still transmitendo their offspring.
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