A PHENOMENON.
The Ocean Boiling. TOFUA’S EXPERIENCE. BY CABLE—X'RESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT (Received 10.30 p.m., July 10.) SUVA, July 10. Captain Davey of the Tofua reports that at ten o’clock on July 1 he sighted a dense column of steam rising 90 to 100 feet out of the oceau 19 miles nerth-west of Nukualofa. Previously the vicinity was always a pale greeu patch bub now the sea is bubbling two feet high, and steam is visible for 20 miles. An earthquake occurred at Nukualofa the previous day. It is estimated that the area of steam rising was from half a mile in extent. The passengers on the Tofua were greatly interested, the ship being within easy distance for observing the phenomenon.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 11 July 1923, Page 8
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120A PHENOMENON. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 11 July 1923, Page 8
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