ALARMING EXPERIENCE
EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE AT SAMOA. Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 16. Particulars have been received ot an earthquake and tidal wave in tho Samoa Group on Juno 25th. They show that there were alarming tremors, extending oyer a period of two minutes. Buildings were violently shaken, and the Customhouse, a concrete building, was considerably damaged. Residences and stores also suffered, but to a less extent. Many subsidences occurred, one near the principal stores being about 30tt square.
The earthquake reached tho maximum in the mountains of the interior. The ground was agitated Jike tho waves of the ocean. Acres of trees were uprooted and masses of rock hurled down the mountain sides.
A tidal wave followed, the full force of which was experienced on the side opposite to Apia. It was also severely felt on tho Alerpata coast, at Lolofaga, Savaii, and Pago Pago. The tide was dead low, but the sea swept over the beach into the adjacent native houses, carrying everything before it. The inhabitants fled terror-stricken to the hills. The Mormon Church at Pago Pago was demolished. The wave was almost spent on reaching Haapai, where it caused tho loss of several cutters and flooded shops and dwellings.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9714, 17 July 1917, Page 5
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