WELLINGTON EARTHQUAKE
EARLY DISASTER RECALLED. The anniversary of the disastrous series of earthquakes in Wellington in 1855, exceeding in their intensity the earthquake of 1848, falls to-day. Hie people of Wellington spent a night of terror while "the town trembled like a shaking jell v." When day came it:'was found that half ?iVmn inPy n ln \ We tfnvn «"'rf £16.000 worth of property had been destroyed. Land was elevated as much as 2ft, 1 his second visitation caused much depression and misgiving at the time, but its ene.CvS were soon forgotten and confidence was restored,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20779, 23 January 1931, Page 12
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95WELLINGTON EARTHQUAKE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20779, 23 January 1931, Page 12
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