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Consuls are situated has suffered the most. A (illegible text) part of the city lies in ruins. Several villages i(illegible text) environs are wholly destroyed. Of the little ⟨town⟩ Gibelette three-fourths are destroyed. Its ⟨harbour⟩ is chocked up by the ruins of the houses that (illegible text) fallen into it. Three hundred persons have lost lives on this occasion.
EARTHQUAKE AT COMRIE,
1822.
Extract of a letter, dated Comrie 15th ⟨April.⟩ "About half past nine on Saturday (the 13th inst) while at brcakfast, we were visited with the ⟨smartest⟩ shock of an earthquake that has been felt in neighbourhood for the last fifteen or twenty ⟨years.⟩ It was accompanied by two very loud reports apparently above our heads, and the other, v(illegible text) followed immediately afterwards, under our (illegible text). The noise of thcse, which was more terrific ⟨than⟩ thunder, lasted, I should think, fully thirty ⟨seconds.⟩ It set our kitchen utensils a-ringing, and ⟨brought⟩ down some of the covers of the pots and ⟨pans.⟩ ⟨I⟩ have felt much severer shocks in the West ⟨Indies⟩ but not accompanied with such a noise. The ⟨situation⟩ it created in me was exactly like that I ⟨have⟩ on the deck of a vessel on her guns being ⟨discharged."⟩
22.—This morning, betwcen nine and ten ⟨o'clock⟩ a smart shock of an earthquake was felt at ⟨Durham⟩ accompanied by a rumbling noise ⟨resembling the⟩ falling of a building.—It was felt and heard (illegible text) Strathtay.
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