SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
FUNDER'S ISLAND SHAKEN ORIGIN AT SEA. Pr«M Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, December 31. (Received December 31, at 10.50 a.m.) A severe earthquake occurred at Hinders Island at 10.45 on Sunday morning, lasting for three minutes. It came from the north-east, and shook houses, breaking windows, and cracking walls and chimneys. The alarmed inhabitants rushed into the ‘reets. The steamer Calliboi, at the wharf, shook as if her engines were racing. Judging from the experience of the Union Company’s steamer Kiwitea, the earthquake had its centre at sea. The captain stated that all aboard felt a submarine ' disturbance. ' The vessel was about - thirty miles south-east of Cap© Torrens. The ship trembled and vibrated from stem to stern for thirty seconds. It then appeared to lift bodily in the water.
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Evening Star, Issue 20371, 31 December 1929, Page 9
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