“the concussions of the earthquake still continue...”
Date
2-29-1812
Newspaper
Louisiana Gazette
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 4
Newspaper Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Serial Number
295
Abstract
Detailed damage report that notes the effect of all three earthquakes at Cape Girardeau. The report notes that “It has done considerable damage in this place by demolishing chimneys and cracking cellar walls. Some have been driven from their houses and a number are yet in tents....”
Transcript
Cape Girardeau. Feb. 13th, 1812. The concussions of the earthquake still continue, the shock on the 23rd ult. was more severe and longer than that of the 16th Dec. and the shock of the 7th inst. was still more violent than any preceding, and lasted longer than perhaps any on record, (from 10 to 15 minutes, the earth was not at rest for one hour,) the ravages of this dreadful concussion have nearly depopulated the district of New Madrid, but few remain to tell the sad tale, the inhabitants had fled in every direction. It has done considerable damage in this place by demolishing chimnies, and cracking cellar walls. Some have been driven from their houses, and a number are yet in tents. No doubt volcanoes in the mountains of the west, which have been extinguished for ages, are now opened.
Recommended Citation
"“the concussions of the earthquake still continue...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 288.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/288
