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Domestic News
June 22, 1770
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Paquonhuck, western Windsor, about half an acre of ground has lately sunk to a considerable depth, resembling earthquake effects but without water or fire eruptions; no natural cause assigned, especially as it was not near precipices or water.
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HARTFORD, June 1.
We hear from Paquonhuck, a parish in the western part of Windsor, that about half an acre of the surface of ground there, has lately sunk, or fallen to a considerable depth below the common surface or level; not unlike to what is frequently occasioned by Earth-Quakes, though attended with no eruptions either of water or fire; for which event no natural cause has yet been assigned. And it is more unaccountable, as the ground that is sunk was not contiguous to, or bordering upon any precipice or declivity, nor adjacent to any collection of water that should occasion it to sink.
We hear from Paquonhuck, a parish in the western part of Windsor, that about half an acre of the surface of ground there, has lately sunk, or fallen to a considerable depth below the common surface or level; not unlike to what is frequently occasioned by Earth-Quakes, though attended with no eruptions either of water or fire; for which event no natural cause has yet been assigned. And it is more unaccountable, as the ground that is sunk was not contiguous to, or bordering upon any precipice or declivity, nor adjacent to any collection of water that should occasion it to sink.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Ground Sinking
Paquonhuck
Windsor
Earthquake Like
Natural Phenomenon
Where did it happen?
Paquonhuck, Windsor
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Paquonhuck, Windsor
Event Date
Lately
Outcome
no eruptions of water or fire; no natural cause assigned
Event Details
About half an acre of ground sunk to a considerable depth below the common surface, not unlike earthquake effects but without eruptions; ground not contiguous to precipice or declivity nor adjacent to water