STARTLING PHENOMENON
MUFFLED NOISES AND THEMOI NORTHLAND'S FIRST EARTMHAIEt I (Pea Umitsd Press Asmcutiox.) WHANGAREI, March 15. ' Although the air was perfectly call* a series of muffled booming b«M tween 8:30 and 9 o’clock last . night startled many • people in Whangarea and district. • Some residents report • lengthy tremor similar to an earth* quake though earthquakes are prao* lically unknown in. the Northland^ The Mayor says that the bed on which he was resting shook perceptibly, and his little granddaughter ran intotha room asking what was the mattei Inquiries to-day revealed no espto* siOn or similar cause of the visitation* j, i which is exciting much speculation* -
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Evening Star, Issue 23527, 16 March 1940, Page 12
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106STARTLING PHENOMENON Evening Star, Issue 23527, 16 March 1940, Page 12
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