“On yesterday morning...”
Date
12-17-1811
Newspaper
Lexington American Statesman
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Lexington, Kentucky
Serial Number
70
Abstract
Felt report from Lexington, Kentucky detailing that the earthquake of December 16, 1811 was felt at 2:30 am as a severe shock of two minutes duration. Another was felt at 7:30 am that was not as severe. Article goes on to detail the other natural phenomena that had occurred during 1811.
Transcript
LEXINGTON: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1811. On yesterday morning about half after 2 o'clock was experienced, a very severe shock from an Earthquake, at this place, it lasted about two minutes,--about half after seven, it again was felt, but not in such an alarming degree.--Nature appears to have been prodigal in the exhibition of her phoenomena, during the present year -- a fiery Comet has for many months appeared in continual view.--Tornadoes have ravaged the Continent from Maine to Georgia.--The Ocean has been the subject of Volcanic terror; and New Islands have arisen therefrom.--The great scale upon which Nature is operating should be a solemn admonition to men, (or those animals in the shape of men) to abandon the pitiful grovelling, schemes of venality and corruption in the prosecution of which they are so ardently engaged. An honest heart,alone, can view those geat events, with composure. The political swindler the assassin of reputation, must feel severely, the visitations of conscience, at such momentous periods, when Nature appears, in spasmodic fury, no longer to tolerate the moral turpitude of man.
Recommended Citation
"“On yesterday morning...”" (1811). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 69.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/69
