“Information (Verbal) from a respectable source...”
Date
3-2-1812
Newspaper
Wilson’s Knoxville Gazette
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Knoxville, Tennessee
Serial Number
448
Abstract
New Madrid earthquakes damage, eyewitness account. for the February 7, 1812. “Information(verbal) from a respectable source which entitles it to credit, states the Earthquake on Feb. 7, had broken up the country on the Mississippi, above & below New Madrid, for many miles in extent the land was broken into cracks, as described in the case of Little Prairie, out of which water rose and inundated the level land. The inhabitants of New Madrid, in escaping, had to travel miles in water two feet deep, which was warm, black and strongly scented with sulfur.”
Transcript
Information, (verbal) from a respectable source which entitles it to credit, states, the Earthquake on Feb. 7, had broken up the country on the Mississippi, above & below New Madrid, for many miles in extent the land was broken into cracks, as described in the case of the Little Prairie, out of which water rose and inundated the [unreadable] land. [unreadable] the inhabitants of New Madrid, in escaping, had to travel milles in water two feet deep, which was warm, black, and strongly scented with sulphur.
Recommended Citation
"“Information (Verbal) from a respectable source...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 440.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/440
