“Earthquake!”
Date
2-14-1812
Newspaper
Farmer’s Repository
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Charlestown, West Virginia
Serial Number
1236
Abstract
Felt report for the January 23, 1812 earthquake from Charleston, South Carolina. Time of the earthquake was “ about 9 o’ clock” am (local time) . Duration was “ short of a minute” Noted that is was more severely felt than the December 16, 1811 earthquake. Notes a three story brick building on Brownlee’s row occupied by a Mr. J. Martindale was damaged with cracks in walls and split and cracked plaster. Report also notes rumor that Natchez, Mississippi had partially sunk and thousands had been killed.(this part of the account is false)
Transcript
CHARLESTON, January 23. Earthquake!--This morning, about nine o'clock this city experienced another shock of an earthquake. Its duration was probably somewhat short of a minute. By those who felt both, this one is supposed to have been more severe than the one experienced here before day on the morning of the 16th ultimo, which was more violent than any of the several felt on that and the two or three following days. A three-story brick house in Brownlee's row, King street, occupied by Mr. J. Martindale, has suffered much by this shock, the walls are cracked from top to bottom, and the wooden work and plaistering inside split and broken considerble. A letter received in town yesterday from Abbeville, states that a report was in circulation there on the 16th instant, that a part of Natchez had been sunk by an earthquake, and several thousands perished.
Recommended Citation
"“Earthquake!”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium. 1189.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1189
