EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE
IN SAMOA AND FRIENDLY
ISLANDS.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) .'i SUVA, 10th July. I ; 1 Ail earthquake and tidal wave is re-*' ported from the Samoa Group. It wasj : : the severest on record. . ;. ■ i : : ','; ■ The Friendly Islands. also experienced! the earthquake. At Hapai three waves 14ft high swept up, but did no: material ■„' damage. .'-,.■'.".'..". '."' Keppel Island suffered the worst. Many! of the native houses were destroyed, ai concrete wharf was carried away, but there were no fatalities. The shock waa ■ not 1 felt at Nukualofa. , ' ■< :
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 9, 11 July 1917, Page 7
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88EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 9, 11 July 1917, Page 7
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