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Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
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A shock felt in Essex County on Sunday morning, initially mistaken for an earthquake or thunder, was later attributed to a volcanic eruption in the town of Lewis, where a mountain spewed stones and earth to a depth of 100 feet, with smoke issuing for three days. A similar event reportedly occurred years earlier.
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The Essex County Republican, of March 12, says, "that on Sunday last about 2 o'clock in the morning, a shock was felt in this town, supposed to be an earthquake. Some thought it to be thunder, others supposed at the moment that it was the rattling of wagons on the frozen ground, and others thought it to be the cracking of ice in the lake. In Brookfield the shock was much more severe. But we have just learned from the town of Lewis, that it proves to have been a volcano. We understand that there is a mountain there, whose bowels of stones and earth have been thrown out to the depth of a hundred feet, and that smoke was seen to issue from the centre, or three days afterwards. It is reported that a similar eruption took place several years ago ; we conclude, therefore, that it is a genuine volcano."
{Albany Adv.
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Town Of Lewis
Event Date
Sunday Last About 2 O'clock In The Morning
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stones and earth thrown out to the depth of a hundred feet; smoke seen to issue from the centre for three days afterwards
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A shock was felt in this town, supposed to be an earthquake. Some thought it to be thunder, others supposed at the moment that it was the rattling of wagons on the frozen ground, and others thought it to be the cracking of ice in the lake. In Brookfield the shock was much more severe. But we have just learned from the town of Lewis, that it proves to have been a volcano. We understand that there is a mountain there, whose bowels of stones and earth have been thrown out to the depth of a hundred feet, and that smoke was seen to issue from the centre, or three days afterwards. It is reported that a similar eruption took place several years ago ; we conclude, therefore, that it is a genuine volcano.