COMMUNICATIONS AFFECTED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) EKETAHUNA, This Day. A severe shako was recorded "last night at 11.45, with succeeding minor shocks through the night. Damage is fairly extensive. The Municipal Buildings arc badly cracked, and the Power Board Buildings partly subsided at tho rear. It is estimated that fully 75 per cent, of the chimneys are down, and that most of the remainder arc more or less screwed round. "Windows were broken, furniture in houses were displaced in many instances, and crockery was broken in a wholesale manner. Priest's chemist shop was practically ruined, scarcely a bottle being left on the shelves. The schools are- closed on account of unsafe chimneys. Tho railway service is interrupted on account of twisted rails between Woodville and Masterton. It is reported that there is damage to roads in several localities, but there arc no particulars yet.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 55, 6 March 1934, Page 8
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