FANTASTIC TALES.
ABOUT EARTHQUAKE CRACKS
Fantastic tales had been told conre: ning the depth of the earthquake cracks, said Mr. F. Y\ r . Flirket, Chief Engineer for the Public Works Department. during an address on tho earthquake rerion he gave before the Palmerston North Rotary Chib on Monday. He stated that lie saw no fissures doty, er than six feet or wider than eighteen inches'. It was his opinir u that a, ripeiing movement of the earth surface had compressed alluvial material which, cn relaxation of the pro-.sure, had parted, leaving cracks with ragged edges ou the hillside roads. Fridges had not jumped as was rape-.'cyd. but- the fillings at the apprcmlici hud merely subsided.' Although no-pie l.vhen in a state of hysteria, were liable to exaggerate, there was sound reason for consternation because the ground rippled to such an extent that horses could not maintain their balance, and the earthquake- must have been very vicious to prevent four-footed animals from keeping their feet.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17660, 10 August 1929, Page 8
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