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The terror of the Lord. Some account of the earthquake that shook New-England, in…
The terror of the Lord. Some account of the earthquake that shook New-England, in the night, between the 29 and the 30 of October. 1727. : With a speech, made unto the inhabitants of Boston, who assembled the next morning, for the proper exercises of religion, on so uncommon, and so tremendous an occasion. : [One line from Corinthians]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for S. Kneeland, 1727
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AN APPENDIX.
[Written Saturday, Nov. 4.]
BEFORE Six Days from the First Shock of our EARTHQUAKE are Expired, we are able to Relate, That it has reached, as far as 'tis possible for us in this Time to learn, upon all points of the Compass. We already know of it's reaching from North to South, near one hundred & forty Miles. It seems, to have been at the Northward, rather more formidable than in our parts. The Roar of it longer and louder, and the Noise of the Explosion somewhere or other, after more than an Hours murmur, more audible, and more terrible; equal to that of many discharged Cannon. It affects Travellers to see, not only vast Quantities of Stone-Wall thrown down by it, but also mighty Rocks either overset, or sunk some way into the Earth. 'Tis not known, how many Houses, or Chimneys are damnified. But then, That no more! — That no Worse! — That no Lives that we yet know of, Sacrificed! —
BEFORE Six Days from the First Shock of our EARTHQUAKE are Expired, we are able to Relate, That it has reached, as far as 'tis possible for us in this Time to learn, upon all points of the Compass. We already know of it's reaching from North to South, near one hundred & forty Miles. It seems, to have been at the Northward, rather more formidablethan in our parts. The Roar of it longer and louder, and the Noise of the Explosion somewhere or other, after more than an Hours murmur, more audible, and more terrible; equal to that of many discharged Cannon. It affects Travellers to see, not only vast Quantities of Stone-Wall thrown down by it, but also mighty Rocks either overset, or sunk some way into the Earth. 'Tis not known, how many Houses, or Chimneys are damnified. But then, That no more! — That no Worse! — That no Lives that we yet know of, Sacrificed! —