“Extract of a letter from a gentleman...”
Date
1-26-1813
Newspaper
Liberty Hall
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Cincinnati, Ohio
Serial Number
548
Abstract
Account of an aftershock on December 22, 1812 at Kaskaskia. Noted that is shook as much as it did in Cincinnati the previous December. Notes that shocks still occur at New Madrid 6 to 10 times a day. They are noticeable at night and in cold weather.
Transcript
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Kaskaskia to his friend in this place dated December 22, 1812. "Just as I sat down to write, a pretty heavy shock of Earthquake came on, upon which I ran out, and found things moving much as they did last winter at Cincinnati. It is between 2 and 3 o'clock P M and the day warm. Before this they have generally occurred in the morning before day break, and in cold turns of weather. "The attornies of St. Genevieve have just returned from New-Madrid (150 miles below this, where they have been to attend court; and col. Thomas informs me that the shocks occur from 1 to 8 or 10 times every day. The wind (or steam) is heard to whistle out of the old cracks in the earth and out of wells. Accompanied with a strong sulphureous smell. The former hard shocks have broken up the ground thee in an unaccountable manner, and produced many astonishing effects." W. Spy.
Recommended Citation
"“Extract of a letter from a gentleman...”" (1813). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 536.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/536
