“Extract of a letter”
Date
12-30-1811
Newspaper
Alexandria Herald
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Alexandria, Virginia
Serial Number
1151
Abstract
Report from St. Paul’s Parish near Charleston, South Carolina, for the December 16, 1811 earthquake. Time of the quake was 2:50 am( local time) Effect was to awake sleepers and chickens.
Transcript
Extract of a letter to the Editor, from Stono, St. Paul's Parish, dated Dec. 16. "At ten minutes before three this morning, we were very much alarmed by the shock of an Earthquake, which was very severe, and lasted about two minutes; the wind, which was light, was N. W.; the sky tolerably clear, except a few clouds in the N. W. horizon. The shock was so violent that it awoke Mrs. S. and all the family; we were soon assembled in the parlor, where we remained till day light, expecting a return of this awful phenomenon, which, providentially, did not take place.-Even the fowls instinctively left their roosts, and ran into the yard, nor did they return."
Recommended Citation
"“Extract of a letter”" (1811). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1104.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1104
