EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
? (Pel* Press Association.) ;? HA«TlN'ftS,.thts 'day.' A sharp shook of •■ earthtf uake \j!asi felt at iiye minutes ' past one. o'cloajs, this morning. No darimgo vtig done. L' FEILDJNU, Vthisi ;d«JA smart shock of earthquake «as expericrHX'd at four minutes past oii^ Una morning., < : ;"< i A isharp shock of earthquake^ Jafitinjg severaJ seconds, and followed by flight , tremors, was experienced at : ;six, niinutca after 1 o'clock this morning. ;Half an hotrr later there -was a- loud explosive' noise, apparently ' coming from' . f »tf^* terraiiean exnlosion. A similar mysteriouis sound of explosaQn was'i heard some years agrf^in severaj parts of .the district, andi creVted considerable speculation as to its ; origin, " . . ; ■ '' . ■ : • ■ V ■ ■ ■ "':'.. ' ■ .■ •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11792, 4 March 1909, Page 4
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110EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11792, 4 March 1909, Page 4
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