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“Earthquake”
No full textFelt report for an aftershock of the December 16, 1811 earthquake on December 20, 1811 at Charleston, South Carolina. “another slight concussion was felt yesterday at 3 minutes before 12 o’clock.
“About a quarter past 12 o’clock... ‘
No full textFelt reports from the interior of South Carolina for the December 16, 1811 earthquake. “ In Laurens and Newberry, the only back districts we have as yet heard from, it was so severe that it cracked and started some of the chimneys from the houses.” In Charleston the effect was “that the people there were so much alarmed, that many left their houses; that the bells in the churches rang, and that some of the clocks in the houses were stopped by the severity of the shock. From Statesburg we hear it was equally severe but fortunately no damage was done. At all the above places, the shock appears to have been felt about the same time as it was here.” Laurens and Newberry are northwest of Columbia, between there and Greenville. Statesburg is approximately 30 miles east of Columbia
“Steamboat”
No full textReport from Louisville of the arrival of the steamboat New Orleans. Notes that is is over 400 tons displacement and can hold 60 to 80 passengers. It took 64 hours to reach Louisville from Pittsburg. Speed estimate was 13 miles in 2 and one half hours
“The Earthquake”
No full textFelt report for the December 16. 1811 earthquake from Dayton, Ohio. Time of the first quake was between two and three o’ clock am (local time). the effect was to wake most of the inhabitants of Dayton from their sleep. Some left their houses in fear while others were just terrified. Horses and cattle were alarmed and chickens fled their roosts. The ground shook constantly Monday December 16, and Tuesday December 17. A surveyor trying to conduct surveys on the day of the earthquake found it impossible to settle his compass needle to conduct surveys. He made an attempt on Tuesday and was unsuccessful again
“Earthquakes”
No full textArticle that notes the occurrence of earthquakes in the world and their effect on man and nature. Speculates on the origins of earthquakes and their effects. Notes that in Kentucky “that there are many traces of them in Kentucky, but the breaches which they have made have not been of any great extent, at least none which I have seen and I suppose there has none happened in these parts for many thousand or perhaps millions of years
Earthquake
No full textReport of an earthquake at Portsmouth, New Hampshire in November or December 1810. Mentions that it was felt at Kennebunk and Portland in Maine. At Salem, Newburyport, York, Exeter, Dover and Charlestown. Also felt in the interior of Massachusetts