A ’QUAKE
LASTS A MINUTE
(Australian Press Association),
(Received this day at 1.30 p.m). ADELAIDE, May 6,
A severe earth shock, lasting a minute occurred oil Mbiiday night along Nil Harbor Plain. Station owners reported the '''windows of their homes violently. The natives were tenifibd' aiid were with difficulty prevented from “going bush.” Seismic• disturbances seem prevalent as , 'Wi|h7K i - f a few*days of tlie Nairrna niisha|), twb fishermen while anchored off Silibky ■ Bay were almost thrown front their bunks when a large wave' struck} their cutter.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1936, Page 6
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