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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 138, 13 June 1929, Page 9

BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED IK Thousands Driven to Auckland Streets by Temblor ENTIRE mTION FEELS TREMOR Property Damage Estimated at Thousands of Pounds (United Press by Kaw Ka<lfo) AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May B,t—An earthquake shock of terrific force rocked a major portion of New Zealand today, causing widespread damage. Thousand* of persons iled to the streets of Auckland when the earthquake waa felt. Several buildings wcro wrecked, but a« far as could he determined, there were no fatalities* Property damage in Auckland, the capital, wjs e-tiuiafed at thousand* of pounds, and it was believed that reports from other sections of the country would ehow a heavy : toll in property damage. Lieutenant J M. Peters of the United States Coa-t and Good*-. tie Surveys I,»m night that the seismograph 'at;'the. University of Hawaii had- recorded '■: no such disturbance here. as UiKti<3 Sfcfc US. — Ihis lurid story was published in a Honolulu daily last May. Evidently it is in reference to the earthquake which affected the Wanganui and Rangitikei districts, when the worst damage sustained was broken chimneys and windows, and minor damage to the roofs of dwellings.