OCEAN EARTHQUAKE
DAMAGE TO CABLES LINER FEELS SHOCK (British Official Wireless.) Roc. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 21. Measures are being taken to repair the trans-Atlantic cables which were broken or otherwise damaged by the earthquake under the North Atlantic on Monday afternoon. There are about 20 cables betvveen Britain and North America, and about half of these were affected. Communication has been maintained without serious delay by alternative cable routes and wireless, and some cable companies’ repair ships arrived yesterday in the area of damage, situated about 300 miles off the Nova Scotia coast. This is stated to he the first time in history that the Atlantic cables have suffered through earthquake. A message from Hie liner Olympic yesterday reported that she felt the shock when 312 miles off Cape Race. The ship shuddered, but no damage was done.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17116, 23 November 1929, Page 7
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