“We are informed....”
Date
4-14-1812
Newspaper
Nashville Clarion
Page and Column
Page 1, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Nashville, Tennessee
Serial Number
861
Abstract
Brief account that road to Arkansas Post by the Spring River was destroyed by the earthquakes. Note chasms, subsidence and uplift in the area. Good brief report from the area.
Transcript
We are informed from a respectable source that the old road to the Post of Arkansas, by Spring river, is entirely destroyed by the last violent shocks of earthquakes, chasms of great depth and considerable length cross the country in various directions, some swamps have became dry, others deep lakes, and in some places hills have disappeared.
Recommended Citation
"“We are informed....”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 844.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/844
