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Foreign News
August 7, 1761
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A letter from Rome dated March 31 contradicts reports of an earthquake at Naples, describing instead a volcanic eruption that created a 200-yard hill, destroyed vineyards, and caused minor damage not exceeding 15,000.
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The purport of a letter from a gentleman at Rome, dated March 31.
"It is with pleasure I can contradict what was said relating to an earthquake at Naples; tho' it had all the appearance of one. An English gentleman who was there gave me the following relation of it: The eruption issued from nine mouths; the principal one, in a few hours, by the great quantities of stones, cinders, &c. which it threw up, raised a hill 200 yards high; the lava, or melted matter, which it discharged, was a mile broad, the length I do not remember; it afterwards became one with which they pave the Neapolitan streets. In its course, which was slow, it destroyed vineyards and set on fire large trees. The matter is always red, like melted glass. The principal mouth sometimes abated its violence for 5 or 6 minutes, & threw out nothing but cinders and smoke; but then returned with such force, that though Naples is 12 miles distant from it, the shock forced open the windows and doors, which gave rise to the report of the earthquake. The damage it has done does not exceed 15,000."
"It is with pleasure I can contradict what was said relating to an earthquake at Naples; tho' it had all the appearance of one. An English gentleman who was there gave me the following relation of it: The eruption issued from nine mouths; the principal one, in a few hours, by the great quantities of stones, cinders, &c. which it threw up, raised a hill 200 yards high; the lava, or melted matter, which it discharged, was a mile broad, the length I do not remember; it afterwards became one with which they pave the Neapolitan streets. In its course, which was slow, it destroyed vineyards and set on fire large trees. The matter is always red, like melted glass. The principal mouth sometimes abated its violence for 5 or 6 minutes, & threw out nothing but cinders and smoke; but then returned with such force, that though Naples is 12 miles distant from it, the shock forced open the windows and doors, which gave rise to the report of the earthquake. The damage it has done does not exceed 15,000."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Naples Eruption
Volcanic Activity
Lava Flow
False Earthquake
What entities or persons were involved?
English Gentleman
Where did it happen?
Naples
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Naples
Event Date
March 31
Key Persons
English Gentleman
Outcome
damage does not exceed 15,000
Event Details
Eruption from nine mouths near Naples; principal mouth raised a hill 200 yards high with stones and cinders; lava one mile broad destroyed vineyards and set trees on fire; matter red like melted glass; shocks opened windows and doors in Naples 12 miles away, mistaken for earthquake.