THE FORMOSAN EARTHQUAKE
THIRTY SQUARE MILES DEVASTATED. 1106 PERSONS KILLED 1062 WOUNDED. [CT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT I [pert press association]. SYDNEY. May 14. Details ns to the offrts of the recent earthquakes hi Formosa are to hand. It seems that early on the morning nf St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) the inhabitants near the town of Kagi were startled by 'several slight shocks of earthquake, which were followed by a severe shock. The shocks, which were accompanied bv subterranean explosions, continued at intervals of from five to ten minutes all through the day. They continued also throughout the day following, and abated on the 10th. The earthquake devastated an area of about thirty square miles, the surface of the ground in which was much cracked in all directions, and water spurted up several feet. In some parts the land subsided and lakes were formed, and in other places exuding nmd formed hillocks. Eleven hundred and six persons were killed in the Disaster, and eighteen hundred and sixty two were wounded. The number of houses destroyed was 3,832, and 2,121 were partially destroyed.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1906, Page 3
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182THE FORMOSAN EARTHQUAKE Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1906, Page 3
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