MOUNTAINS DISAPPEAR.
NEW HEBRIDES EARTHQUAKE. By Telegraph'—Press Assoclation-Coryrieht. \ Sydney, December 23. The earthquako at Espiritu Santo, tho largest island of tho Now .Hebrides, reported yesterday, extended as far south as the Island of. Mallicolo. There wero many destructive land-slides, and some mountain peaks disappeared, tho whole formation being altered... . On the west .coast of .Santo '.a..tidal wa.vo followed the shock, thgi beach being. . raised several feet. Considerable damage was caused to shipping. , One report states, that . 'the shock lasted thirty seconds, during which houses were razed, a large area of crops was destroyed, cliffs were shaken into the sea, and tons of fish wore destroyed. The coast-lino in soveral places has been raised several feet.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 5
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115MOUNTAINS DISAPPEAR. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 5
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