The New Hampshire Gazette

On the 10th Letters were received here from Lisbon, which caused great Uneasiness. Their Contents were, that one of the rising Grounds, on which this City was built, burst open into a surprising Chasm, out of which gushed Smoke and Flames like those exhaled from a Volcano; that the Sea afterwards swelled in a very extraordinary Manner, and overwhelmed with its Waters, several Feet in height, the greatest Part of the City, and that the Inhabitants had deserted and abandoned that Part of Lisbon.

This Day we were informed by Letters, bearing Date the first of this Month, that this kind of Volcano was attended with no Effects that indicated continued or future Eruptions; that the Chasm appeared afterwards to close, that the Waters of the Sea, having covered for two Days the Extent of Ground the Sea overflowed, retired; that the Consternation, which was very great at the Sight of these new Phænomena, was since dissipated, but that the same could not be said of the Uneasiness numbers of Persons were afflicted with: on beholding the calamities to which this dismal Situation might still expose the unhappy Remains of Lisbon.