SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.
NEW GUINEA REGION. TIDAL WAVE FOLLOWS. TWELVE NATIVES DROWNED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. SYDNEY, Juno 19. A message from Port Moresby, on the south coast of New Guinea, states that during a severe earthquake two small coral islands rose out of tho sea near Fisherman Island. A huge tidal wave followed the earthquake and 12 natives were drowned when their canoes were swamped.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20595, 20 June 1930, Page 11
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65SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20595, 20 June 1930, Page 11
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