SHOOK THE WINDOWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 127, 1 June 1927, Page 11

SHOOK THE WINDOWS.

HU.LSBOBO' FIAKS EARTHQUAKE. 810 BLAST ON RAILWAY. , It is to be hoped that new« of trie "earthquake' , which occurred at West- i field to-day will not reach Australia and I augment New Zealand's reputation of being the "rhaky Island." Several resident? oi Onehunga and other districts bordering on the Manukau Harbour were alarmed about eleven j o'clock this rr.oming by loud explosion?.' which appeared to come frorq Otahuhn.' ISo severe were the shock? that they; 1 *hook windov. * e\en a« far away as! Hillsboro". Upon inquiries being , made, the cause , ! of the escitement was found to be the: ! blasting of rock in the construction of a j railway deviation at Westfield. • I From the spot at Westfield where the blasting took place, to Hillsboro , is several miles, even in a straight line, but it is astonishing how far the effects of a big blast can be felt. Some time ago when the Harbour Board were blasting , the remains of the Western Wharf that L slipped into the tide, people right round, as far as Mechanics Bay and Parnell j could not make out where some mysterious shakes and rumbles were j coming from. At first no mention wa* j made of the work the Harbour Board i was doinp. and for a good while no one euess-ed the cause. Then it was found I out that heavy blasting had been earru-d j out under water at the Western Wharf, and the explanation was clear.