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EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE
(Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.) SUVA, July 10. An earthquake and tidal wave occurred in the Samoa group, being the severest.on record. There were three waves, fourteen feet high. No material damage was done. Keppel Island fared the worst, many of the native houses being destroyed and a concrete wharf carried away. There were no fatalities. The shock was not felt at Niuafoo.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 11 July 1917, Page 5
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65EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 11 July 1917, Page 5
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