EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 4

EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

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EXODUS FROM THE- TEEATEE&' (By Telegrapl-Press Association.)'; WELLESTGTO>r, thisitr „ £ -riolent earthquake occurred W*« 9.30 to-night, causing considerable «£ sternation. ' '•.' . -. . ; t* People in the theatres hecanarw™ much. alarmed,, and most of them S nedly left. At the Opera Housed was quite a stampede, the nassa'ees '££/ <piickly blocked, and some people !»££? The Post Office bell started ringWiJ some windows were broken. ~ A lamnfcT house in Kent-terrace was upset iuri » bedroom burned: The plaster fefl* Town Hall and some other building* cracked, -while in ther hotels, the- rattli»l and snaking of bottles and glasses cx«S some .excitement. PARLIAMENTARY BTJILDINGa SHAKEN.. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Beporfct) WELLINGTON, Friday." A•• particularly sharp shock of eartfc, quake was felt in the House to-night, great wooden building in which Peilij. tnent meets shook and rattled. omiaomi» while the shock lasted. The House laj just risen for. the supper adjourrmw and the exodus, from Bellamy's after shock was even more hasty than .the it rush before the event. " FELT IN" OTHER (By'TelegrapH.—Press Associationj~ MASTERTOJJ", Fridiju An earthquake shock was felt here j>, night at 9.35. . IfELSOX, FridaT.A J severe earthquake shock wa*;ftjl here at 9.30 to-night, lasting-about-Bill a minute. .: ~/":• ELKNTTETM, thMnkyij The sharpest shock of earthquake fdl at Blenheim for some. considerable, tina •was experienced Jabout 9.35 list;.jiig&it, -preceded by' a. slighter shocki.;.. Sβ damage is-reported.; ; .•■'.