"STRANGE MOOD OF THE SEA"
"When I was at Napier these last holidays, I couldn't help noticing the strange moods of the sea. Often I have seen a 'rough sea,' but never before have I seen such gigantic waves as the Sunday and Monday before the earthquake. On Saturday night (31st January) the roaring of the. waves on tho beach kept us awake, so the first thing next morning we hurried to the seashore. The waves, usually so gentle, were things of fury. The great green horses of the sea were rising mountain high and plunging on to the beach. All
>~ day Sunday the sea raged. On Sunday night we went to the seashore to view the marvellous sight by moonlight, and on Monday the sea was the same. "We were rather late on Tuesday morning, so did not got down to the bench until after the earthquake, but some people there at the time told us that just before the earthquake the sea was as calm as a sheet of glass. A queer mood, this, of Father Neptune." "SUNSET" (10). Carterton.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 56, 7 March 1931, Page 18
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182"STRANGE MOOD OF THE SEA" Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 56, 7 March 1931, Page 18
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