MORE EARTHQUAKES AT WESTPORT
NO FURTHER DAMAGE. (BT TEtBGBArH— rRESS ASSOCIATION.) , WESTPORT, This Day. 1 From -8 yesterday morning till 11.30 last night the community was not disturbed by earth shocks. At 11.30 there was a repetition of the dull boom with a little vibration. At 12.17 a.m. there was another cannonade and very pronounced shaking. No damage was done by any of the namerou3 shocks since the lively couple of minutes 'at 12.36 on Saturday. _ ' • The origin of the disturbances is plainly to the south-west of Westport. It must be relatively close, too, as no damage was done at Greymouth on the one side and only the initial shock was felt at ICaramea on the other side. The colliers describe Saturday's experience as pandemonium Jet loose. Women and children throughout the district were unnerved. * A STEAMER'S EXPERIENCE. (By Telegraph.— Phesb Association.) . AUCKLAND, This Day. While the steamer KatOa, from Westport to Auckland, was off Westport at 12.38 o'clock on Saturday, she was lifted by & submarine disturbance and shaken from stem to stern. The sensation was as though the steamer had' been raised from under, and was scraping her way over a derelict. The shock lasted four seconds, but had no appreciable effect on the sea. Captain Norten is of opinion that the centre o? the seismic disturbance was out to sea.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 27, 25 February 1913, Page 8
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