EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE.
-AMAGE AT SAMOA AND TONGA. KI'VA, July 10. There has been an earthquake and tidal wave in the Samoan Group, the severest on record. The Tongan Group also ex-perienced the earthquake. At H.iapai there were three naves 14ft high, but no material damage was done. Keppel Island suffered the worst. Many native houses were destroyed, and a concrete wharf was earned away. There were no fatalities. Ihe shock was not felt at Niuafu —( A. and N_. Cable.) X '
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 164, 11 July 1917, Page 2
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