“Natchez”
Date
1-10-1812
Newspaper
Frankfort American Republic
Page and Column
Page 4, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Frankfort, Kentucky
Serial Number
189
Abstract
Felt report from Natchez, Mississippi on the effect of the December 16, 1811 earthquake. Notes that the time of the shock was “about 2 o’clock”. Aftershocks were felt “Between daylight and sunrise” and were described as slighter that the original
Transcript
NATCHEZ, December 19. A pretty strong shock of an Earthquake was felt in this city, about two o'clock on Monday morning last a slighter one between day-light and sun-rise on the same morning, and another slight shock about noon of the next day. The probable distance from the producing cause of these shocks, gives room for entertaining, fearful and melancholy apprehensions that the effects, where they have been most severely felt, have been dreadful and desolating indeed.
Recommended Citation
"“Natchez”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 182.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/182
