A SEVERE 'QUAKE
CENTRED AT SEA FLINDERS ISLAND SHAKEN (Received December 31, ouon.) MELBOURNE, Dec. '3l. A severe earthquake occurred at Flinders Island at 10.45 o'clock on Sunday morning, lasting for three minutes. It camo from the north-east, and shook bouses, breaking windows, and cracking walls and chimneys. Alarmed inhabitants rushed into the streets. The steamer Oalliboi, at the wharf, shook as if her engines were racing. Judging from the experience of the Union Co.'s steamer Kiwitea, the earthquake had its centre at sea. The captain stated that all aboard felt a submarine disturbance. The vessel was about 30 miles south-east of Capo Barren. The ship trembled and vibrated tiom stem to stem for 30 seconds. It then appeared to lift bodily in the water.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17146, 31 December 1929, Page 7
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125A SEVERE 'QUAKE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17146, 31 December 1929, Page 7
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