EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
KAIKOURA’S UNEASY TIME. SUBSIDENCE OF LAND REPORTED. (by telegraph—tress association.) BLENHEIM, Alay 2. Round about Kaikoura and in the vicinity of the Clarence River bridge, residents had . art’ uneasy night on Thursday, during a series of eartquakes shocks which were more severe there than in the Blenheim district. It is said that forty-three shocks were counted on Thursday night, 'lhe worst were at 11.30. The shakes were felt at intervals, also -throughout yesterday, and two shocks were recorded last night. Reports from Clarence state that chimneys are down in all directions. The opinion of the residents is that the disturbance is centred in tne ocean off the coast a mile’south of Clarence A crack has opened along the coast road, and the land on the seaward side of the crack appears to have subsided. Telephones around Clarence bridge are out ot order.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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144EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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