The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-19

noise continued perhaps four seconds and was follow
ed by an explosion resembling that of twenty-iour
FOUNDER the trembling of the earth then commenc-
ed shaking the sals of the church, and making it,
arched roof crack in fearful and surprising manner
thought the building which was crowded with peo-
pie would have crumbled over our heads. The
scene which ensued battles description the piercing
lamentations of the females and cries Of terror Of the
men, with the peous, despairng shrieks OF the chi-
dren, were truly awful.
A general rush was made to the door by the con-
gregaton the reverend pastor and the aianced cou-
pie alone retaining their position, not without, how
ever, feelings OF great apprehension as To what might
happen. The weathercock on the sieeple spun, rs
in high wind This trembling lasted for five OF ak
seconds had it endured beyond, the church mus
have fallen and many would have persisted. Des-
cending the steps, raised three females whom the
crowd in the rush Of their escape, had thrown 10
the ground but they afirighted as to be inca
pablo Of standing The shock was violent through
out the town. Glassware was destroyed, stons de-
tached from the chimnies and window-paDes broken
in many houses universal terror reigned Ii wa
strongly felt at the ST. Maurice FORCES, at Yemachi
che and Pointe du Lac, and still more so at BEGAN
cour, Nicoet, and St. Gregoire. The waters of the
ST. Lawrence seen by many to be violently
agitated."
In addition to the above, we have been favored
with the following particulars by friend, who wa'
also at Three Rivers at the time and have received
ing, from Rivere du Loup. We farther learn that !
extended down the St. Lawrence to st Anne, and
even TO ST. Augustn, in the neighborhood OF TIM
city.
Precisely at o'clock, A. NJ, on Monday, the
7th instant, l was sitting at breakfast, at Demands
Hotel on the steamboat wharf, at Three rivers, wher
sudden shock, conclusion, was felt, so severe a.
to cause my " compagnon du dejeuner" and sell &c
at each other perfectly aghast the house ac-
tually seemed to reel to and fro, like drunken mar
the floor trembled beneath US, the table shook AZ
though suddenly grasped by some one in the act OF
falling and all the breakfast apparatus Jngled again
from the violence of the shock My own impression
was that some large steamer, in coming into port
having suddenly lost her helm, had come crashing
against and destroying the wharf.
DIR. Gilmour, who was in the act OF passing along
the street to visit me- at the hotel describes his
sation to have been as though suddenly electrified
his legs lettering under him in most unaccountabe
manner. have experienced two earthquakes in the
this, and the latter much more violent than either
of the former. have no doubt but that we shall
find hereafter that some terrible commotion has Ia.
ken place farther South.
November 9M.-At River du Loup, District OF
Three Svers, the It'll instant at quarter past nine
O'Clock in the morning, felt heavy shock # an
earthquake; duration about fifteen seconds The in
habitants were greatly alarmed, but we have not
heard of any serious damage being done. In the shop
of Me,srs. G. ii. Hyde & Co. several articles OF
glassware were shaken from the shelves.