WSARE: What's Strange About Recent Events

On the 16th of May, 1791, in Moodus, Connecticut, the calm of twilight was shattered by a great shaking of the ground. A few years later, a local pastor prepared this description of the events of that night. It began at 8 o'clock, P.M. with two very heavy shocks in quick succession. ................
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