NOT AN EARTHQUAKE
LAST WEEK’S SHAKE PROBABLY A METEORITE OPINION OF SCIENTISTS (Klit. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.' (Received Nov. 27, noon) LONDON, Nov. 26. The Weekly Dispatch says that some •scientists believe that the lad tluP Baffin Bay is 3000 miles outside Hit earthquake area, combined with the. ab sehce of confirmatory news, suggests tha Lire world-shaking disturbance of lasi week was due to a gigantic meteorite similar to that which struck the Yeniseisk district, Siberia, in 1908, and penetrated three miles into the earth and destroyed forests for 30 miles. l.h:. Kennedy, an official ol" the. geological survey, says lie would ratliei believe that the. disturbance was due tc a meteorite than an earthquake, as tin latter would mean that Britain and other regions, formerly thought to he safe, were liable to had earthquakes.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18256, 27 November 1933, Page 5
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135NOT AN EARTHQUAKE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18256, 27 November 1933, Page 5
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