SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.
Flinders Island Shaken By Heavy Tremor. MOVEMENT FELT AT SEA. (Received 12.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. ' A severe earthquake occurred at Flinders Island, north-west of Tasmania, at 10.45 on Sunday morning,' lasting three minutes. It came from the northeast and shook the houses, breakihg windows and cracking walls and chimneys. The alarmed inhabitants rushed into the streets. , : The steamer Calliboi, which was at the wharf, shook as if her engines were racing. Judging from the experience of the Union Company's steamer Kiwitea, the earthquake had its centre at sea. The captain stated that all aboard felt a submarine disturbance. The vessel was about 30 miles south-east of Cape Erren. The ship trembled and vibrated from stem to stern for 30 'seconds. It then appeared to lift bodily in the water.'
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 309, 31 December 1929, Page 7
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