SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
TOWN EDITION
ALARMED INHABITANTS EXPERIENCE AT SEA (Aust. and N.Z. Cable) (Received Dec. 31, 2 p.m.) > Melbourne, Dec. 31. A severe earthquake occurred at Flanders Island at 10.45 o’clock on Sunday morning, lasting three minutes. It came from the north-east, and shook the houses, breaking windows, cracking the walls and chim ? neys,. The alarmed inhabitants rushed into the streets. The steamer Calliboi, which was at the wharf, shook as if her engines were racing. . Judging from the experience of the U.S.S. Co.’s steamer. Kiwi tea, the earthquake had its centre at sea. ] fcr captain stated that, all on board felt a submarine disturbance when the vessel was about .30 miles southeast. of Cape Barren. The ship, trembled and vibrated from stem t<> stem for 30 seconds. It then appeared to lift bodily in the water.
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Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2440, 31 December 1929, Page 8
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