EARTHQUAKE AT SEA.
I ■■■■•■ ■ <0" . . _ * i ~ - ; SNAPS SHIP'S PROPELLER. - I . : , V . .' .V • ' '■ ;, I ' r A submarine earthquake which lasted foi [ 48 •; seconds and was .so violent that ,il i snapped a Male off tho ship's propellor, • was reported by Captain Van Wyck Jur ' riasse of the Dutch liner Tjikembang, or | his arrival at San Francisco from Ba tavia. t The steamer was out one day fron } Ngasaki, steaming at 14 knots througl a smooth sea when a shock was felt as i: J the liner had struck a submerged rock Then the shaking started. The ship wai 9 shaken, said the skipper, like a rat it j the teeth of a terrier, shaken until all or 9 board feared she would fly to pieces. Panic seized the Oriental crew and tin B steerage passengers' and the cabin pas 0 sentrers made frantic efforts to launch i j lifeboat. Calm was restored when thi 3 vibrations ceased, but the Tiikembanj had to limp all the way to Hongkong | whero she' was dry.docked and anothe; propellor shipped. o ========
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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176EARTHQUAKE AT SEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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