EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE.
IN THE SAMOA GROUP. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. Auckland, Yesterday, Particulars received of an earthquake and tidal wave in the Samoa. Group on 25th June show that there wore alarming tremors, extending over a period of (wo minutes. Buildings were violently shaken, and the Customhouse, a concrete building, was considerably damaged. Residences and stores also suffered, hut to a less extent. Many subsidences occurred, one near the principal stores being about 30ft. square. The earthquake reached the maximum in the mountains of the interior. The ground was agitated like the waves of the ocean. Acres of’tree?, were uprooted and masses of rock hurled down the mountain sides. A tidal wave followed, the full form' of which was experienced on the side opposite to Apia. It was also severely felt on the Alerpata coast, at Lolofaga, Savaii, and Pagopago. The tide was dead low, but the sea swept over the beach into the adjacent native houses, carrying everything before it. The inhabitants fled terror-stricken to the hills. The Mormon Church at Pagopago was demolished. The wave was almost spent on reaching Haapai, where it caused the loss of several cutters And flooded shops and dwellings.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1738, 17 July 1917, Page 3
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197EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1738, 17 July 1917, Page 3
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