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EARTHQUAKE "WARNING" COLLEGE MATRON AROUSED The Newman College authorities at the Melbourne University are seeking a practical joker who telephoned early un a recent morning that an earthquake was coming, and ordered the evacuation of the college. At 3 a.m. Miss 10. Egan, matron of Newman College, was awakened by a telephone call. She received this crisp command: "Central Bureau speaking. This is a warning from the Meteorological Department. A severe earthquake is expected immediately. Warn all persons to leave the building at once." The caller then rang off A telephone call to police headquarters established that no earthquake report had been received by the police. Accordingly the students were not informed, and members of the staff retired.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22198, 27 August 1935, Page 14
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120BOGUS MESSAGE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22198, 27 August 1935, Page 14
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