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The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Incidents of the late earthquake in Maine . (search)
Incidents of the late earthquake in Maine.
--A correspondent writing from Auburn, Me., in reference to the late shock of an earthquake in that section, says that the effect of the shock was sensibly felt by a company of boys who were skating on a pond in that town, some five miles long by four miles wide.
The ice rose in billows and trembled all along the shore, "frightening the boys shockingly, " and hastening them on to terra firma.
At the Universalist Church, in Turner, a very ludicrous scene was enacted.
The week previous to the shock a new furnace was placed in the basement of the building, which, on this day, had given out too much heat for comfort.
A gentleman had been down and adjusted the dampers, and had just seated himself in his pew when the shock occurred.
Supposing the furnace had exploded, he rushed into the cellar, followed by almost the entire congregation, the preacher bringing up the rear.
Finding all safe below, the frightened worshippers returned to the
The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)