Citation - Providence Gazette: 1763.11.12

PGCJ.763.059
12 Nov 1763:32 (56)
On Sunday last a quarter after four in the afternoon, we had
a smart shock of an earthquake here, which so alarmed the
congregations of most of the places of worship in town, that
the service was immediately broke up . . .
  Heav'n oft before the bolt is hurl'd,
  Gives timely notice to an erring world;
  Some lesser woes are harbingers of great:
  O! Sinners! hear and dread approaching fate!
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