BUILDINGS IN PERIL.
LONDON’S ENDLESS QUAKE. LONDON, July 8. London is constantly vibrating down to its foundations, 40 feet below tho surface owing to its tubes and increasing street traffic, says Professor Fleming, of the University of London. Even tho higgest buildings gently rock throughout trio day, which endangers their stability, 'i jio vibration lessens at night, when tho traffic ceases.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1073, 21 July 1924, Page 5
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61BUILDINGS IN PERIL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1073, 21 July 1924, Page 5
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