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8 were whirled round with incredible, several large boats were turned upwards; and all this without any. It was at this time that the new quay, of rough marble, was entirely swallowed  with all the people on it, who had  there for safety, and had reason to  themselves out of danger. At the time, a great number of boats and  vessels, which were anchored near it, all  of people, (who  retired to them for  same purpose) were all swallowed up, as a whirlpool, and never more appeared.

I did not see this last dreadful with my own eyes, as it occurred a  of a mile from the spot where I was,  I had the account from several masters ships, who were anchored near the  and who saw the whole catastrophe. of them informed me, that during second shock, he perceived the whole  moving backwards and forwards, like  sea when the wind begins to rise: and  agitation of the earth was so great,  under the river, that it threw up his  anchor from the mooring, which seemed  swim on the surface of the water. immediately on this extraordinary, the river rose at once near feet, and in a moment subsided; at  instant he saw the quay, with the