SYDNEY SHAKEN

Evening Star, Issue 19128, 21 December 1925, Page 6

SYDNEY SHAKEN

THREE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT INLAND. Press Awoai&iion—By Telegraph—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Press Association. SYDNEY. December Rl. Severe earthquake tremors were experienced in Sydney and inland. The alarm was general, and in Newcastle the audience in the theatre was barely saved from panic. The shocks were fell as far as Dnhho. In some districts the phenomenon was accompanied by a rumbling noise. The people rushed into the streets, fearing a collapse of their homes. The origin of tho disturbance was about eighty miles from Sydney. 'There were throe distinct shocks in the city, followed by a number of minor tremors, but many of the suburbs experienced nine or ton shocks. Professor Cotton, of Sydney University, slates that tho most probable cause of the disturbance was a fracture of the earth's surface at Kurrajong, or along tho coast. Although there was no extensive damage, crockery, and window's in thousands of homes were smashed.

MUCH OVERRATED. MANY TIIGIJLY-COLOR Id) DESCRIPTIONS. SYDNEY, December 20. Referring to tho earthquake, Dr Pigot, of the Hiverview Observatory, says that, compared with (ho quakes in other countries, the movement was very small. I.t was very short, only a fraction of a second, compared with eight or nine seconds often recorded in New Zealand. The State meteorologist’s barograph registered a movement measuring three-onc-huiulrcdih.s ol an inch. I Tho people in New South Wales are unused to such occurrences, and were 'badly scared. Many weird ami liighly- ' colored descriptions of the quake are ■being published. A prominent city | medical man says ho heard a. preceding I rumble on a, tin roof. The newspapers ! featured tho shake with double-column ; headings. Manv people were afraid to 'go to bed. The observatories wore besieged by telephone callers, inquiring the cause and the possibilities of ; further shocks. Some of the seism o- : graphs did not even record the tremor. HEAT WAVE EXPERIENCED. SYDNEY, Dec-ember 20. Sydney was visited by a boat wave on Saturday, the thermometer reaching KMdeg Fahrenheit. Many bush and grass hr os caused, considerable damage.

ORIGIN LOCATED

SYDNEY, December 21. (Received December 21, at 10.30 a.m.) The origin of the earth tremor has been placed at sea, about eight miles north-north-west of Sydney, on what is termed the “continental shelf.”