A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.
Disappea ance of an Island. ("Special to Press Association.] [Received fuly 18, at 12.10 p.m.] SYDNEY, July 18. The steamer Catterbuu from China, brings news <f a terrible earthquake which is supposed to have occurred at | Sanginer Island in the Celebes Sea. The i Dutch mail c earner left Sanginer for Timur, in the Malay Archipelago, and the captain reported that, shortly after leav- | ing, a terrible explosion occurred. The sky was darkened with ashes and smoke, and the vessel covered with ashes. "When the atmosphere cleared there was no trace of the island visible. The population is estimated at 12,000. Several sailing vessels were at Sanginer at the time, and it is almost « rtain that they were de- ■ stroyed. The shock was felt at Timur, ; The Catterbnn, while steaming through j the Celebes Sea, passed for miles through de"bris and wreckage of all kinds.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7337, 18 July 1892, Page 3
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A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 7337, 18 July 1892, Page 3
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