“On Thursday last...”
Date
1-29-1812
Newspaper
The Georgia Journal
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Milledgeville, Georgia
Serial Number
588
Abstract
Felt report for January 23, 1812 earthquake at Milledgeville. Notes aftershocks of December 16, 1811 earthquake felt during that month. Notes that chimneys were broken and gable ends dropped at Baltimore.
Transcript
On Thursday last, at 9 o'clock, another violent shock of an Earthquake was felt in this place. The oscillation was supposed by many to have been greater than on any former occasion. Those which were so sensibly experienced by us during the last month, have been noticed by all the news papers we have received; and were felt about the same time and in a similar manner, in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Tennessee, and probably over the whole continent. In Baltimore the concussion was so great as to throw down several chimneys and part of the gable ends of two brick-houses.
Recommended Citation
"“On Thursday last...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 576.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/576
