“On the night of the 15th instant....”
Date
12-30-1811
Newspaper
Wilson's Knoxville Gazette
Page and Column
Page 3 Column 3 and 4
Serial Number
112
Abstract
Felt report form Carthage, Tennessee on the December 16, 1811 earthquake. “ On the night of the 15th instant about 3 o'clock in the morning, the citizens of Carthage were very much alarmed with the shock of an Earthquake. Imagination can not point out the horrors it produced on the mind! The uncommon darkness of the night, the profound calmness-th houses shaking and tottering-the earth reeling and quivering to its center. In this situation the inhabitants were aroused from their sleep perfectly ignorant on their first alarm what gave rise to this awful event until they were convinced that it was an earthquake and that same distant country was fallen a victim its ravages. the next morning about sunrise, we received another shock but not as severe as the first, and have still experienced them at considerable intervals for 48 hours-the tops of several chimneys were shaken off, but no injury received as we have heard of- the concussion has reached as far as we have had it in our power to receive information from. We wait with anxiety to hear what country has been affected by it.”
Transcript
Carthage, December 21. On the night of the 15th instant about 8 o'clock-in the morning; the citizens of Carthage were very much alarmed with the shock of an Earthquake. Imagination cannot point out the horrors it produced on the the mind! The uncommon darkness of the night, the profound calmness-the houses shaking and tottering-the earth reeling and quivering to its center. In this situation on the inhabitants were aroused from their sleep perfectly ignorant on their first alarm-what gave rise to this awful event until they were convinced that it was an earthquake and that some distant country was fallen a victim, to its ravages. The next morning about sunrise, we received another shock, but not as severe as the first, and have still experienced them at considerable intervals for 48 hours-the tops of several chimneys were shaken off, but no injury received as we have heard of-the concussion has reached as far as we have had it in our power to receive information from. We wait with anxiety to hear what country has been affected by it.
Recommended Citation
"“On the night of the 15th instant....”" (1811). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 110.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/110
