AN ERUPTION NEAR GISBORNE.
BT TELEGRAPH—PKKBB ASSOCIATION. GISBORNE, July 28. Reports from Waimata Valley, twenty miles from Gisborne, state that there was last Saturday night a heavy eruption at some mud springs in the vicinity. The eruption started at 9 p.m. and lasted for over half an hour, causing much uneasiness. The outburst could be seen from the store, the scene of the springs being about a mile and a half from the road. The material thrown up was a bluish coloured clay, and some idea of the quantity ejected can be obtained from' the fact that the creek had been filled up to a depth of 40 feet with mud and about six acres of ground has been covered. T he mud is not warm as from hot springs, being cold. About five years ago there was an eruption from these springs, and several prior to that. There seems t) ba an increasing pressure of gas in this locality judging by the large amount of mud thrown up during eadi succeeding eruption. These sp-jcul siline mud springs with gas have a considerable bearing on the 1 jjitbn of petroleum.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9154, 29 July 1908, Page 3
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190AN ERUPTION NEAR GISBORNE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9154, 29 July 1908, Page 3
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