EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
(I'Klt I'IIKSS A.SKOI'UIiiW.) Dilllodill, Mllirli »l .\ smart si I; of rnrthipiiikc win Ml hi'M' ill !).7i!i. I here being two ili*liM! waves in I lie direction from east In mil. Core, Mulch a Tun Severe olll'lllipiake shocks «•<■««• periem-cd lure Ml !U>B ii.ui.. extending o\cr ill I four seconds. Till' slmi'liHMll mi violent, that Ihrv sounded the lint dock chillies ill id ci'lllsed brick Imililinp to sway about in .'in alarming iiiiiiiii'T »»l ciMiyi'-il" |H'<lt\sti-iiiHH in Ilic no liecmw low tu woi\ilcr what unaccustomed wi'iiknw had ovcrlakcn their legs. Invel'eiH'Kill. Miireh '.'II. All c:irth(|Uiikc of iihout. live m-mii* duration occurred lit. 9.40 n.ni. A .vhiivp shock ul' earthquake iiei-nrrel shortly nl'ler 9.30 Mii« morning. 'IV ti-enini- lasted tin- about ten seconds.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10104, 23 March 1909, Page 2
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122EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10104, 23 March 1909, Page 2
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