SENSATION IN NEWCASTLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13421, 19 October 1907, Page 5

SENSATION IN NEWCASTLE.

THE AFFECTED AREA

HILL RESERVOIR LEAKING

EXCITING: EXPERIENCES,

Press Associatio»-By Telegraph-Copyright . . ' SYDNEY, October 18.

Latest reports from -Newcastle state that altogether an area of between 40 and 50 acres is affected■ by■ the "creep," though in only a portion is.the subsidence really serious. : houses are within the area. Amongst :the premises damaged. are , the Congregational -and Catholic churches,' the Methodist : Mission Hall, and the palatial residence of Mr A. F. Hall, adjoining Mr Wood's. Last night the reservoir on the liO'l, with n holding cajmcity of 200,000 gallons, began leaking into,the old workings below. The mam reservoir, however, is intact, and the city engineer repbrted last night that .he. anticipated no danger to. ;it. .'•"'•■ - .The estimates of damage are very wide, ranging from £40,000 to £IOO,OOO. • The residents in some of the damaged houses had rather an exciting experience '; but no one was injured. THE "CREEB" STILL WORKING. ■-...-. • ■. -_ : I Received 0.58 a.m., October 19th. '•:'■-■ SYDNEY, October 18. The creep is,still working. Four to five shocks were felfc -.to-day, accompanied by. loud i-e-ports..; This caused the majprity of. the' rifts in the earth's surface to, op£n out couisiderably.... Most of the buildings: damaged yesterday ... sustained further damage to-day.:. The obelisk re.' seivbir is. 'quite c dry, -the. Wicr .having leaked underground, v . ;:,