It was already known that their losses had been very heavy, and that many of the forts had been destroyed.

Soon they broke up and, joining the mob, commenced the work of pillage.

Doors were blown in, shutters torn off and, with wild yells and shouts, the native population poured in.

The work of destruction had begun.
The garrison of the bank saw many Europeans, hurrying, too late, to reach that shelter, murdered before their eyes.

In the Levantine quarter, the cracking of pistols and the shouts of men showed that the work of massacre was proceeding there.