EARTHQUAKE AT SEA
(From the Panama Star and Herald.) The ship Broughton, which arrived at San Francisco from Glasgow on the 2nd Oct., felt several shocks of earthquake at sea of which the Captain gives the following account: — On Sept. 11th, in latitude 20’ 15 N., longitude 123*22 W., the vessel encountered a shock of earthquake. Again, on Sept. 18th, in latitude 30‘21 N., and longitude 123 W., the officers and crew felt a trembling, as if the vessel had grounded, and at 10 o'clock the same night a fog arose, being clear overhead, accompanied with a smell of fire. This continued all night. At 9 a.m., Sept. 19th, the fog cleared off, but the smell continued some time after. Again, in latitude 24*23 N., longitude 131*42 W., the air had the same smell of fire. The weather was clear at the time, with a heavy sea running.
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Marlborough Press, Volume IX, Issue 622, 16 December 1868, Page 4
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