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Domestic News
May 17, 1765
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Dominica, frequent and violent earthquakes on March 15-16 caused widespread terror among inhabitants, with fears of impending catastrophe, but no damage or injuries reported.
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Extract of a Letter from Dominica, dated March 16.
We are here under the greatest consternation and terror on account of the many and violent Earthquakes felt here of late; all yesterday and last night, without any long intermission, the shocks more violent than were ever known in the island before. It is dreaded some fatal issue will soon follow. One in particular, yesterday, the motion of the earth, with a strong hollow sound, was so sensible, that we feared all the houses in both towns would have fallen down, and that the earth would have opened; no other mischief happened besides a general panic in all the inhabitants.
We are here under the greatest consternation and terror on account of the many and violent Earthquakes felt here of late; all yesterday and last night, without any long intermission, the shocks more violent than were ever known in the island before. It is dreaded some fatal issue will soon follow. One in particular, yesterday, the motion of the earth, with a strong hollow sound, was so sensible, that we feared all the houses in both towns would have fallen down, and that the earth would have opened; no other mischief happened besides a general panic in all the inhabitants.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Dominica Earthquakes
Violent Shocks
Island Terror
Earth Tremors
Where did it happen?
Dominica
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Dominica
Event Date
March 16 (Earthquakes Yesterday And Last Night)
Outcome
no damage or injuries; general panic among inhabitants
Event Details
Multiple violent earthquakes shook Dominica continuously yesterday and last night, more severe than ever before, causing great fear of houses collapsing and the earth opening, with dread of a fatal outcome soon.