In 1712, 1722, 1815, and 1851, earthquakes and hurricanes occurred together at Jamaica; in 1762 at Carthagena; in 1780 at Barbadoes; in 1811 at Charleston; in 1847 at Tobago; in 1837 and 1848 at Antigua; in 1819, an awful storm at Montreal, rain of a dark inky color, and a slight earthquake. People conjectured that a volcano had broken out. In 1766 the great Martinique hurricane, a waterspout burst on Mount Pelée and overwhelmed the place. Same night, an earthquake.
1843, Oct. 30. Manilla.—Twenty four hours’ rain and two heavy earthquakes. 10 P.M., a severe hurricane.
“1852, Sept. 16. Manilla—An earthquake destroyed a great part of the city; many vessels wrecked by a great hurricane in the adjacent seas, between the 18th and 26th of September.”—(Singapore Times.)
“1731, Oct. Calcutta.—Furious hurricane and violent earthquake; 300,000 lives lost.”
“1618, May 26. Bombay.—Hurricane and earthquakes; 2,000 lives lost.”—(Madras Lit. Tran., 1837.)
“1800. Ongole, India, and in 1815, at Ceylon, a hurricane and earthquake shocks.”—(Piddington.)
“1348. Cyprus.—An earthquake and a frightful hurricane.”—(Hecker.)
“1819. Bagdad.—An earthquake and a storm—an event quite unprecedented.
“1820, Dec. Zante.—Great earthquake and hurricane, with manifestations of a submarine eruption.”—(Edinburg Phil. Journal.)
“1831, Dec. Navigator’s Islands.—Hurricane and earthquakes.”—(Williams’ Missionary Enterprise.)