SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.

Mt Benger Mail, 7 March 1934, Page 3

SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.

WEIiLiINGTON SHAKEN. Buildings Rock Alarmingly. Wellington, March 5. An extremely severe earthquake shock was experienced in Wellington at 11.50 to-night. Buildings recked alarmingly, but so far as is ascertainable at present there has been little damage.

CHIMNEYS DOWN IN SEVKKAL TOWNS. Telegraphic Communication Interrupted. Wellington, March 0. in the centre of the city some windows are reported to haw been smashed and crockery damaged through the violence ot the tremor, which seemed to have had a circular movement and was not preceded by any smaller shocks. Lights bickered in the city, hut the power supply did not fail. Reports from outside cent res indicate that the shock was also felt severely in the Mrtnawa u a.id Wairarapa (listriels. In Baltimwton North some chimneys* ” v down, and alarmed residents ia hj ed into the streets, the elec ' power failing there for a dim There are also some chimm s down in Master!on, \\ oodville and Levin. Napier and Hastings also oat the shock, but no damage is re) "- ted. The earthquake was tell as far north as Auckland and in tee South Island, but only slightly.