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March 2, 1764
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Detailed description of a massive ground breach, 26 feet deep and 112 feet long, ejecting sand and gravel over 60 rods of land, propelling trees up to 173 feet and a log high into the air, with the breach narrowing to 30 feet at the surface and winding like lightning.
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OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
The Breach is about 26 Feet deep, and in Length 112 Feet, about 60 Rods of Land was covered with the Sand and Gravel cast out of the Cavity. Some of which was carried 259 Feet; four Trees of a Foot Diameter were carried 173 Feet Distance, and it is supposed by their situation, that they must have been forced up 40 Feet high; Some small Stones about the bigness of Walnuts, were carried with such velocity, that they stuck fast in a Tree that stood near the Cavity by a large Log, better than two Feet Diameter was carried up so far in the Air, that by the Force of the Fall, one End stuck so fast the Ground, that it kept the other End up; the narrowest part of the Breach is about 30 Feet at the Surface of the Ground, and the Bottom of the Breach is crooked, winding much like the Streaks of Lightning.
What sub-type of article is it?
Extraordinary Event
Curiosity
Disaster
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Catastrophe
What keywords are associated?
Ground Breach
Sand Gravel Ejection
Trees Propelled
Log Airborne
Natural Cavity
Lightning Like Winding
Story Details
Story Details
A breach forms in the ground, measuring 26 feet deep and 112 feet long, covering 60 rods with ejected sand and gravel; materials carried up to 259 feet, trees propelled 173 feet and possibly 40 feet high, stones embedded in trees, a log lodged vertically after falling from height; breach narrows to 30 feet at surface and winds like lightning.