“A letter from St. Louis”
Date
2-28-1812
Newspaper
Liberty Hall
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Cincinnati, Ohio
Serial Number
506
Abstract
Felt report from St. Louis for the December 16, 1811 earthquake, notes that chimneys were toppled and stone houses split.
Transcript
St. Clairsville, Feb. 8. A letter from St. Louis, in Upper Louisiana, dated on the 21st December, sates that the earthquake on the morning of the 16th Dec. threw down a number of chimnies, and split several stone houses. The letter contains the following paragraph respecting a VOLCANO in that section of OUR country. "On the margin of several of our rivers, pumices and other volcanic matter is found, At the base of some of the highest of the black mountains, stone covers the earth, bearing marks of the violent action of fire. Within 30 miles of the great Osage village on the head waters of their river, and 180 miles from this town, it is said that a volcano had ceased to burn for the last three years, and it is thought to have now broke out in some quarter of our country."
Recommended Citation
"“A letter from St. Louis”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 498.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/498
