GREAT THERMAL DISTURBANCE
FEET IN PACIFIC. SHOCK NEAR HONOLULU. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 11 p.m., February 5.) NEW YORK, Feb. 5. Further reports in regard to yesterday’s earth disturbances strengthen the belief that tho greatest upheaval occurred in tho bed of tho Pacific. Honolulu dispatches state that Silo suffered the greatest damage, probably amounting to 1,500,000 dollars. Wharves and railway bridges were destroyed, and several large liners suffered. Small damage at Pago Pago (Samoa) is reported, and no shock was felt at British Samoa. Tho United StatesGuarn cable was broken but it is not believed that Guam suffered. The Hawaiian seismograph registered further shocks, estimated at miles distant. —A. and N.Z. Cable. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 11 p.m., February 5.) SYDNEY, Feb. 5. The seismograph at Riverview recorded the earthquake mentioned in yesterday’s American cables. The places of origin were the Aleutian islands.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18042, 6 February 1923, Page 7
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