“Fort St. Stevens, December 24.”
Date
1-28-1812
Newspaper
Lexington Kentucky Gazette
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Lexington, Kentucky
Serial Number
227
Abstract
Felt report from Ft. St. Stevens, Alabama of the December 16, 1811 earthquake. Effects of the quake were to shake birds from their roosts, and make houses shake “very much”. time of the quakes was first “at night” and the second was at sun rise, another at 11:00 and another on the 17th of December at 11:00 in the morning. the rest of the report states that Creek Indians hunting on the Missouri sensibly felt it and “shook down trees and many rocks of the mountains...”
Transcript
Fort St. Stephens, December 24. On Sunday night the 15th inst. the earth shook here so as to shake the fowls off their roosts, and made the houses shake very much-again it shook at sun rise and at 11 o'clock next morning, and at the same time the next day, and about the same time the third day after. Accounts are brought in from the Creek nation that several hunting Indians who were on the Missouri have returned, and state that the earthquake was felt very sensibly there, that it shook down trees and many rocks of the mountains, and that every thing bore the appearance of an immediate dissolution of the world! We give this as we got it; it may be correct, but the probability is that it is not.
Recommended Citation
"“Fort St. Stevens, December 24.”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 220.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/220
