FURTHER SHOCKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20793, 9 February 1931, Page 12

FURTHER SHOCKS.

SOME SHARP SHAKES

BUILDINGS ROCKED.

!AT,AK.¥ IN HASTINGS.

IPEOPL]? BUSH OUTSIDE.

SLEEPING IN PAEKS.

j Tby telegraph.—special reporter.] NAPIER, 'Sunday.

Slight shocks wero experienced here from 10.30 last night until six o'clock this morning. A sharp shock was felt at 1:55 p.m. afld there was another shock iit 2.15 p.m. Tho first dislodged a poriio.n of Bluff Hill into the . sea and levelled two already ruined factories at s>ort Ahuriri. No further damage was • Idbnc in Napier. Two sharp shocks were felt this evening. second shock this afternoon was loiore prolonged than any which occurred jftfter the first shock at Murchison, but it ;was not so sharp. The tremors gradually ' increased and then gradually died away, ffliero was sufficient time to concentrate

one's attention upon various structures jand seo them sway. Even fences could le seen in active undulation. The effect upon some people' was a slight headache. [At Murchison tho tendency often was '."sea-sickness." tin Hastings buildings rocked ominously

fc&d , several ; walls already partly de-

molished fell completely. There was a yoar in Heretaunga Street as sheets of .icbrrugated iron fell from precarious jheights into tho crumpled debris below. .'Pickets walking under the verandah of jfciq Municipal Theatre were greatly geared as the building, which still stands otnid the ruins around, swayed from side 'to side and creaked threateningly. 'Hundreds of the people rushed out of doors* dreading lest a second big shake yvas coming.

Cups of tea and glasses of water were knocked over. "The Governor-General and Lady Bledisiloo were motoring from Napier to Hastings when tlie shake occurred, but their car was travelling quickly. The party was Unaware of anything unusual. 'Many people who have been sleeping sjq tents in their gardens fully intended io return to,their bedrooms to sleep tonight, but as a result of this afternoon's Boaro have changed iheir ininds and beds ere being made in gardens and parks by thousands to-night. ALARM AT (iISKORNE. PEOPLE RUN INTO STREETS. J NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE. 4 [lsY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION, j J • OISBOKNE, Sunday. J An earthquake shock, the sharpest experienced dt Gisborne since the main one on Tuesday, was experienced at 1.45 p.m. to-day. l'eoplo rushed out into the streets, but no damage is reported. CAUGHT IN FATAL SPOT. LIVES LOST IN ONE SHOP. j IUY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER.] ||: NAPIER, Sunday. p' lo discovery of two hodies under the fe {?crun(lal ' o{ ; Blytile's store makes a total persons found in .its vicinity. 11-: A sale was heing held when the first disshock occurred.