“Earthquake”
Date
2-14-1812
Newspaper
Western Intelligencer
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Worthington, Ohio
Serial Number
1190
Abstract
Report from the Nashville examiner for the January 23, 1812 earthquake. Time of the earthquake is “between 8 and 9” am (local time) Notes that is was nearly as strong as the December 16, 1811 earthquake, It also mentions that 2 miles away from town the ground opened and swallowed a cow.
Transcript
EARTHQUAKE.--The Nashville, (Ten.) Examiner, of the 24th ult. states, that another shock of an earthquake was felt on the 23d, between the hours of 8 & 9 in the morning, nearly as severe as the one on the 16th Dec. and within two miles of that place, the earth opened and engulphed a cow.-A report is in circulation that, the Indians had made an attack on the U. States' Saline, killed all the people and destroyed the works.
Recommended Citation
"“Earthquake”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1143.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1143
