The Enquirer

Natural Phenomenon. In the north part of Cumberland, in the state of Rhode-Island, near the Attleborough line, twelve miles from town, about the beginning of March, in the night, the ground for the space of two or three acres began shaking, and continued two or three minutes. The houses shook considerably, the water in a pond adjacent seemed considerably agitated, and there appeared many indications of an earthquake; but it passed off, and the next day about two in the afternoon the same quivering of earth was observed. Since, every few days, the earth shakes with the same appearance, and sometimes so hard as to break crockery ware in the houses. These continual convulsions have alarmed the inhabitants near and on the place, and no way can they account for it. Some have removed.