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Foreign News
May 24, 1783
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A devastating earthquake hit Sicily in late February, destroying much of Messina and neighboring villages, killing at least 10,000 people. The shock was felt 50 leagues along the opposite mainland coast. Confirmed by Capt. Bull arriving from Marseilles.
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SALEM, May 22.
The intelligence of a great earthquake in the island of Sicily, lately received here by the ship General Galvez from France, and inserted in our paper of the 1st instant, is confirmed by Capt. Bull, arrived at Philadelphia from Marseilles. He informs, that about the latter end of February, that island was visited with a dreadful shock of an earthquake, by which a great part of the town of Messina, with a number of the neighbouring villages, was destroyed, and not less than 10,000 persons perished. The shock was felt for fifty leagues along the coast on the main, opposite to Sicily.
The intelligence of a great earthquake in the island of Sicily, lately received here by the ship General Galvez from France, and inserted in our paper of the 1st instant, is confirmed by Capt. Bull, arrived at Philadelphia from Marseilles. He informs, that about the latter end of February, that island was visited with a dreadful shock of an earthquake, by which a great part of the town of Messina, with a number of the neighbouring villages, was destroyed, and not less than 10,000 persons perished. The shock was felt for fifty leagues along the coast on the main, opposite to Sicily.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Sicily Earthquake
Messina Destruction
10000 Deaths
Marseilles Confirmation
Where did it happen?
Sicily
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Sicily
Event Date
About The Latter End Of February
Outcome
a great part of the town of messina, with a number of the neighbouring villages, was destroyed, and not less than 10,000 persons perished
Event Details
that island was visited with a dreadful shock of an earthquake... The shock was felt for fifty leagues along the coast on the main, opposite to Sicily