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Bha mi a鈥� coimhead air seann ph脿ipearan-naidheachd an latha eile. Bha iad air an eadar-l矛on. Chunnaic mi seo bhon Derby Mercury anns an t-Samhain, seachd ceud deug, caogad 鈥檚 a c貌ig (1755). Bha an aithris 脿 Amsterdam: 鈥淟ast Saturday about Eleven in the Forenoon, the Air being quite calm, the Water in our Canals was all of a sudden so violently agitated, that several Boats broke loose. [It] is supposed to have been occasioned by a Shock of an Earthquake; but no Person observed the Ground or any House to shake.鈥�

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bha an aithris inntinneach dhomh. An oidhche roimhe, bha mi aig 貌raid mu chrithean-talmhainn ann an Inbhir Nis. Th脿inig ceist am b脿rr 鈥� an tug a鈥� Chrith-thalmhainn Mh貌r ann an Lisbon, ann an seachd ceud deug, caogad 鈥檚 a c貌ig (1755), buaidh air Inbhir Nis?鈥� Thuirt an t-貌raidiche nach robh aithris ann mu bhuaidh air Inbhir Nis. Ach bha aithrisean ann mu thuinn mh貌ra ann an Loch Nis. B鈥� e sin an aon chrith a thug buaidh air an uisge ann an can脿laichean Amsterdam.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Thug mi s霉il tro na p脿ipearan-naidheachd. Cha do lorg mi aithris mu Loch Nis. Ach lorg mi aithris mu Loch Laomainn: 鈥淟och Lomond was agitated in a very surprising Manner on the first [of November].鈥�

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bha tsunami ann an 脠irinn. Mar eisimpleir, bha sgrios ann an Ceann S谩ile. Chaidh b脿taichean a chur fodha. Chaidh cuid eile a chur air t矛r. Seo a-rithist an Derby Mercury: 鈥淭he sudden and surprizing Fluxes and Refluxes of the Sea continued from Three o鈥機lock in the Afternoon until Ten at Night鈥�. the Waters rose six or seven feet in a Minute, and as suddenly subsided.鈥�

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Thachair Crith-thalmhainn Mh貌r Lisbon air a鈥� chiad latha dhen t-Samhain, seachd ceud deug, caogad 鈥檚 a c貌ig (1755). Rinn i sgrios air pr矛omh bhaile Phortagail. Chaidh na m矛ltean de dhaoine a mharbhadh.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Nuair a th貌isich a鈥� chrith, rinn an sluagh air a鈥� chala. Bha iad a鈥� smaoin-eachadh gun robh iad s脿bhailte an sin. Ach cha robh. Th脿inig tsunami ceathrad mionaid an d猫idh na crith. Bha m貌ran de na daoine air an sguabadh air falbh.

I was looking at old newspapers the other day. They were on the internet. I saw this from the Derby Mercury in November 1755. The report was from Amsterdam: 鈥淟ast Saturday about Eleven in the Forenoon, the Air being quite calm, the Water in our Canals was all of a sudden so violently agitated, that several Boats broke loose. [It] is supposed to have been occasioned by a Shock of an Earthquake; but no Person observed the Ground or any House to shake.鈥�

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The report was interesting to me. The previous night, I was at a lecture about earthquakes in Inverness. A question arose 鈥� did the Great Lisbon Earthquake in 1755 have an effect on Inverness. The lecturer said that there was no report of an effect on Inverness. But there were reports of great waves on Loch Ness. That was the same quake that affected the water in Amsterdam鈥檚 canals.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I looked through the newspapers. I didn鈥檛 find a report about Loch Ness. But I found a report about Loch Lomond: 鈥淟och Lomond was agitated in a very surprising Manner on the first [of November].鈥�

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 There was a tsunami in Ireland. For example, there was extensive damage in Kinsale. Boats were sunk. Some others were thrown onto the land. Here again is the Derby Mercury: 鈥淭he sudden and surprizing Fluxes and Refluxes of the Sea continued from Three o鈥機lock in the Afternoon until Ten at Night鈥�. the Waters rose six or seven feet in a Minute, and as suddenly subsided.鈥�

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Great Lisbon Earthquake happened on the first of November in 1755. It destroyed Portugal鈥檚 capital city. Thousands of people were killed.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 When the quake began, the people made for the harbour. They were thinking they were safe there. But they were not. A tsunami came forty minutes after the quake. Many of the people were swept away.