EARTHQUAKES.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12905, 17 February 1906, Page 5

EARTHQUAKES.

GREAT DAMAGE DONE. United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copvrijsit. OTTAWA!' Febraary 15. An earthquake, accompanied by a rising *ea, greatly damaged the Colombian eoa*i and «waljt>wed up Port Boca. Grande,

SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE

Received 1 a.m.. Febrssrv 17th. LONDON. February 16. Many! pe-rwKis in Colombia. w«re tilled wr injured by the earthquake*.

A SEVERE SHAKE

Per Press Awociaijon

WELLINGTON". February 36. The "Time*" carresp'oadeoi. in refer* ring to the eartfafcake at Kkeiabuna yesterday, says thai a. remarkable circumfftance sn connection wjiJi it ins that it* *tverity *cem.« tr> have been confined to a. limited area in Ma*terV<n and about twenty mile* distant U» the M»ulh. The shake was not felt in all tin* outlying dist rid*. At Efcetahuna- much alarm was wcassiooed, and the bill* in places wsemed to dip. A* one residence at. Rwigxamai eveiy chimney camo down. Children proceeding to school .at Eketaliuna were Jhiwwa to the ground, and horns >tampeded. At A3fredt«n, Nireaba. Rongomas and Tawail*. which aie in the immediate vicinity «f EketaJiana, .tie *b*»ck was felt severely, though not modi damase wax done.