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Further account of the late Earthquakes, fyc.
letter from Corunna, in South America, dated
August 16, says—“ Yesterday, by a smart shock of an
earthquake, the land seemed to be agitated like the waves
of the sea. The bottom of the river Oroonoko was
thrown up with such violence as to snap the rudder of a
vessel. The people all ran out of their houses and fell
upon their knees in the open air, where they remained
a considerable time. A great deal of new land has been
brought to view all along the right side of the riven
while another tract, about 100 feet long and 40 broad,
has disappeared with several buildings thereon, and a
lake sprung up in its place: several trees were torn up. A
second shock was attended with greater violence, and the
houses in the town which still remained, were observed
to rock like a ship in a storm. At eight in the evening
there was a third shock, less violent than the preceding ;
but though every house was damaged more or less, very
few people were missing. During the storm, the fish
were observed to rise upon the surface of the river, and
endeavour to gain the ocean.”
At Neustadt, in Lower Austria, another shock of an
earthquake was felt in the night between the 29th and
30th of October, stronger than the first. It lasted six
seconds only, and damaged but a few houses.
From Petersburgh, Nov. 23, it appears, that the earth-
quake of the 26th of October, extended over the greatest
part of Russia. One side of the river Oka was strongly
agitated, and the other not in the least affected.
At Falmouth in the afternoon of Sunday, December
26, the morning was most remarkable in its appearance,
the agitation of the wind and waves, the motion of the
clouds, &c. having long portended some coming change,
about noon came on a most violent gust of wind, tor-
nadoj
Further account of the late Earthquakes, fyc.
letter from Corunna, in South America, dated
August 16, says—“ Yesterday, by a smart shock of an
earthquake, the land seemed to be agitated like the waves
of the sea. The bottom of the river Oroonoko was
thrown up with such violence as to snap the rudder of a
vessel. The people all ran out of their houses and fell
upon their knees in the open air, where they remained
a considerable time. A great deal of new land has been
brought to view all along the right side of the riven
while another tract, about 100 feet long and 40 broad,
has disappeared with several buildings thereon, and a
lake sprung up in its place: several trees were torn up. A
second shock was attended with greater violence, and the
houses in the town which still remained, were observed
to rock like a ship in a storm. At eight in the evening
there was a third shock, less violent than the preceding ;
but though every house was damaged more or less, very
few people were missing. During the storm, the fish
were observed to rise upon the surface of the river, and
endeavour to gain the ocean.”
At Neustadt, in Lower Austria, another shock of an
earthquake was felt in the night between the 29th and
30th of October, stronger than the first. It lasted six
seconds only, and damaged but a few houses.
From Petersburgh, Nov. 23, it appears, that the earth-
quake of the 26th of October, extended over the greatest
part of Russia. One side of the river Oka was strongly
agitated, and the other not in the least affected.
At Falmouth in the afternoon of Sunday, December
26, the morning was most remarkable in its appearance,
the agitation of the wind and waves, the motion of the
clouds, &c. having long portended some coming change,
about noon came on a most violent gust of wind, tor-
nadoj