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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Villagers in St. Calfiano de Controne near Lucca, Italy, evacuated after an earthquake on March 29, avoiding disaster as a chasm swallowed 50 houses inhabited by about 300 people, causing desolation over three miles and losses estimated at 35,000 crowns.
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The inhabitants of the villages of St. Calfiano de Controne, belonging to this republic, and situated at the foot of the Apennines, lately experienced a most terrible disaster. After a violent rain, accompanied with high winds, on the 29th of last month, about noon an extraordinary motion of the earth was felt in the village of Celle, which occasioned the inhabitants to leave their falling houses with what effects they could collect amidst their horror and amazement, and retreated to a large plain, driving their cattle thither for safety. In the evening of the same day they had reason to congratulate themselves for the prudent precaution they had adopted; for a dreadful chasm opening, not less than fifty houses, which had been inhabited by about 300 people, were instantly swallowed by the earth. The effects of this phenomenon were felt in a circumference of about three miles, which exhibits a shocking scene of desolation. The loss sustained is estimated at 35,000 crowns.
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St. Calfiano De Controne, Lucca, Italy
Event Date
29th Of Last Month
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fifty houses inhabited by about 300 people swallowed by the earth; loss estimated at 35,000 crowns
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After violent rain and high winds, an extraordinary motion of the earth struck the village of Celle, prompting inhabitants to evacuate to a plain with their cattle. In the evening, a dreadful chasm opened, swallowing the houses. Effects felt over three miles, leaving a scene of desolation.