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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A violent hail-storm followed by thunder, lightning, heavy rain, and an earthquake shock hit Cleves last Friday, destroying houses, damaging churches, ruining pavements and trees, and devastating crops.
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We had here last Friday a most violent hail-storm, succeeded by thunder and lightning, and a prodigious quantity of rain, which has thrown down and washed away several houses, and damaged many churches. The pavement of this city is entirely destroyed: many large trees in the neighbourhood have been torn up by the roots; and the corn and other productions of the earth are irrecoverably lost. A shock of an EARTHQUAKE was felt at the same time, but the noise was confounded by the wind, which blew most impetuously.
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Cleves
Event Date
Last Friday (Letter Dated August 12)
Outcome
several houses thrown down and washed away; many churches damaged; city pavement entirely destroyed; large trees torn up by roots; corn and other earth productions irrecoverably lost
Event Details
A most violent hail-storm succeeded by thunder and lightning, and a prodigious quantity of rain, which has thrown down and washed away several houses, and damaged many churches. The pavement of this city is entirely destroyed: many large trees in the neighbourhood have been torn up by the roots; and the corn and other productions of the earth are irrecoverably lost. A shock of an earthquake was felt at the same time, but the noise was confounded by the wind, which blew most impetuously.