WHITE ISLAND.
MANY WILD RUMOURS
"SHE BLOW HERSELF UP."
IT WAS ONLY A MIRAGE. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) WHAKATANE, this day. Whakatane telephones were hitsv yesterday afternoon over reports of unusual activity at White Island. "White Island,„ she .blow herself up/' was the laconic comment of one Maori at the pa near the harbour heads. "The island certainly looks different. She looks as if some of the crags have toppled off," commented an old resident of the district. . White Island did look different, but the cause was not an eruption. An unusual mirage effect had given the island a truncated appearance, finch an atmospheric condition is a very rare occurrence in this district and explained the consternation of residents. , The crew of the launch Outlaw returned from the vicinity of the island while the conjecture was at its height and informed the crowd of onlookers of the true position.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 28, 3 February 1939, Page 9
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