VIOLENT SHOCK.
REGISTERED IN AUSTRALIA. UNPRECEDENTED SEVERITY. SYDNEY, June 17. The earthquake felt in New Zealand this morning was recorded at Sydney with unusual severity. The seismograph at Sydney Observatory recorded the greatest disturbance at 8.57 a.m. The boom of the instrument swung for seven minutes as widely as the instrument would allow. The officer in charge says he has never noted such violent and protracted waves 011 the seismograph. The vibrations lasted until 10 a.m. A message from Melbourne says the seismograph at the observatory" there recorded the earthquake with considerable strength. It was the greatest ever registered on the instrument. A member of the observatory staff said he could not obtain satisfactory readings owing to the violent agitation of the boom.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 142, 18 June 1929, Page 9
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123VIOLENT SHOCK. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 142, 18 June 1929, Page 9
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