“Last Week, during the severe Weather, the Post-boy from Dumfries to Thornhill was found frozen to death upon his Horse.”
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 5
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 4
The second phase of flooding was one of the most disastrous natural events to occur in Central Europe during the past millennium
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 3
“The aristae of the barley, which was coming into ear, became brown and withered at their extremities, as did the leaves of the oats”
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 2
According to Geikie, there was a fall of ash in Caithness, Scotland, which spoiled the crops, and caused it to be called “the year of the ashie”
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman
Around midmorn on Whitsun, June 8th of 1783, in clear and calm weather,a black haze of sand appeared to the north of the mountains nearest the farms of the Siða area.
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 5
Once the thaw started it was very rapid. The huge quantities of ice and snow that had built up over the winter melted rapidly.
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 4
The second phase of flooding was one of the most disastrous natural events to occur in Central Europe during the past millennium
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 3
“The aristae of the barley, which was coming into ear, became brown and withered at their extremities, as did the leaves of the oats”
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 2
According to Geikie, there was a fall of ash in Caithness, Scotland, which spoiled the crops, and caused it to be called “the year of the ashie”
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman
Around midmorn on Whitsun, June 8th of 1783, in clear and calm weather,a black haze of sand appeared to the north of the mountains nearest the farms of the Siða area.
