“The Earthquake”
Date
3-7-1812
Newspaper
Louisiana Gazette
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Serial Number
296
Abstract
Brief report on the arrival of the steamboat New Orleans at New Orleans. Notes that several islands had sunk in river and made navigation hazardous.
Transcript
Orleans, January, 13. THE EARTHQUAKE. By a gentleman who came in the Steam Boat we are informed that this convulsion of nature, (the first, we believe that has ever been felt on the Mississippi since the settlement of the country by the whites,) has destroyed several islands in the Mississippi, and has thereby endangered its navigation very considerably. He also states that it has sunk the land in a number of places on the margin of the river.
Recommended Citation
"“The Earthquake”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 289.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/289
