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Foreign News
May 6, 1757
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Eruptions of Mount Etna have ruined several villages near Messina, Sicily, prompting inhabitants to flee their homes in fear. The people of Messina, terrified by underground noises, remain in makeshift tents in the fields.
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Full Text
The master of a Felucca, just arrived from Messina, brings advice, that the inhabitants of divers places in the neighbourhood of that city have all quitted their habitations, for fear of being destroyed by the eruptions of Mount Etna, which have totally ruined several villages; and that the inhabitants of Messina, terrified by the subterraneous noises, had not courage enough to stay in town; for when the Felucca came away, they were still lying in the fields under tents and huts erected in haste.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Mount Etna Eruption
Messina Evacuation
Volcanic Disaster
Village Destruction
Where did it happen?
Messina
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Messina
Outcome
several villages totally ruined; inhabitants of nearby places and messina fled to fields under tents and huts.
Event Details
Inhabitants near Messina fled homes fearing destruction from Mount Etna eruptions that ruined villages; Messina residents, terrified by subterranean noises, stayed in fields in hasty tents when the Felucca departed.