BIC LOSS QF LIFE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13928, 11 June 1909, Page 2

BIC LOSS QF LIFE.

KARTHQI'AKE AND TIDAL V.'AVK

1?\ El^ot 11c Tolofiiaph.— Cop.\ ii^ht. (Ri-cened Juno 11. 4~> »m ) HATAVIA, Juno 11) All earthquake and a t'dal wave wcie experienced at Sunuit 1 a Three bundled and thirty weio killed and many injnied.

[Sumatra is an Islam! 111 tho imhan Ocean, called Ja\a .Minor by 31aro Polo. In 1824 tlm Dutch acquired all the British settlements in Sinnatia in exchange for Malacca and some possessions 111 India. The* island suitcrcd much by tho \ ol< .11110 -01 updous uinl earthquakes oi Augu.-t 2(» and L' 7, 1 SS.'J On \Vt'dnescla> last .Mr I lenient \Vragne said: ".Hr^uiding the yieat snowstorm already leported, it should bo noted that the oiu tlujuuki-s anticipated 111 connection with it haw duU occurred in Centnd America, Messina, and at Singapore. Fui t her seismic action is not linllkeh. and all niteiestod should watch cablegrams " ]