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" ... detached from each other. The bells sounded by the repeated shocks. The roofs of the buildings bent down, first on one side, and then on the other. The timbers, rafters, and planks cracked. The earth trembled violently, and caused the stakes of the... "
Hochelaga Depicta: the Early History and Present State of the City and ... - Page 42
by Newton Bosworth - 1839 - 284 pages
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Travels Through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America, in the ...

John Lambert - Québec (Province) - 1810 - 542 pages
...from each other. The bells rang of their own accord. The roofs of the buildings bent down, first on one side, and then on the other. The timbers, rafters,...the palisades and palings to dance, in a manner that TOL. I. DREADFUL NIGHT. would have been incredible, had we not actually seen it in several places....
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Travels Through Canada, and the United States of North America, in ..., Volume 1

John Lambert - Canada - 1814 - 624 pages
...buildings bent down, first -on one side, and then on the other. The timbers, rafters, and planks icracked. The earth trembled violently, and caused the stakes...have been incredible had we not actually seen it in several places. ' It was at this moment that every one ran out of doors. Then were to be seen animals...
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Travels Through Canada, and the United States of North America: In ..., Volume 1

John Lambert - Canada - 1816 - 622 pages
...down, first on one side, and then on the other. The timbers, rafters, and planks cracked. The earth 6 trembled violently, and caused the stakes of the palisades...have been incredible had we not actually seen it in several places. ' It was at this moment that every one ran out of doors. Then were to be seen animals...
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History of the British Colonies: Possessions in North America

Robert Montgomery Martin - Gibraltar - 1834 - 656 pages
...each other. The bells sounded by the repeated shocks. The roofs of the buildings bent down, first on one side and then on the other. The timbers, rafters,...moment every one ran out of doors. Then were to be seen animals flying in every direction ; children crying and screaming in the streets ; n.en and women seized...
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History, Statistics and Geography of Upper and Lower Canada

Robert Montgomery Martin - Canada - 1844 - 388 pages
...shocks. The roofs of the buildings bent down, first on one side and then on the other. The timbers, M 2 rafters, and planks cracked. The earth trembled violently,...moment every one ran out of doors. Then were to be seen animals flying in every direction ; children crying and screaming in the streets ; men and women, seized...
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The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2

George Warburton - Canada - 1849 - 528 pages
...each other. The bells sounded by the repeated shocks. The roofs of the buildings bent down, first on one side, and then on the other. The timbers, rafters,...moment every one ran out of doors. Then were to be seen animals flying in every direction ; children crying and screaming in (he streets; men and women, seized...
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The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2

George Warburton - Canada - 1850 - 376 pages
...each other. The bells sounded by the repeated shocks. The roofs of the buildings bent down, first on one side, and then on the other. The timbers, rafters,...moment every one ran out of doors. Then were to be seen animals flying in every direction ; children crying and screaming in the streets ; men and women, seized...
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History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, and ...

Orsamus Turner - Genesee County (N.Y.) - 1851 - 634 pages
...if they were detached from each other. The timbers, rafters and planks cracked. The earth tremblpd violently, and caused the stakes of the palisades...moment every one ran out of doors. Then were to be seen animals flying in every direction ; children crying and screaming in the streets ; men and women, seized...
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Dundas: Or, A Sketch of Canadian History, and More Particularly of the ...

James Croil - Canada - 1861 - 394 pages
...says the report as quoted by Smith, " a great rushing noise was heard throughout the whole of Canada. The earth trembled violently, and caused the stakes...incredible had we not actually seen it in many places. Men and women raa out of doors, and stood horror-struck with the scene before them, unable to move,...
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