EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE
IN THUa SAMOA GIROI*J\ By Telegraph—Vi ess Association.)AUCKLAND, Lust Night. »Pai-bicmlars received- oi' an 'earthquake and tidal wave in the Samoa Group ou 25th Jime show that there were alarming tremors, extending over a period of two iiiinut.es. Buildings «ero violently shaken, and the Customhouse,, u cortroto building, was considerably damage*;:!. IWhidcuaes and stoii-s also ■ suffered, but to "a bss extent. Many subsidences occurred, one near the principal stores being about '"Oft, square. The earthquake rein-Hod the maximum in the mountains of the interior. The ground was agitated like th R waves of the ocean. Acres of trees were uprooted and masses of rock hurled down the mountain sides. a tidal wave followed, the full forco -of which was experienced on the side opposite to Apia. It, was also severely felt ou the Aleipata coast, at Lolofaga, Savaii, and Pagopago. The tide was dead low, but the sea swept over the beach into the adjacent native" houses,, carrying everything before it. The inhabitants tied terror-stricken to the hilfc. The Mormon Church at Pagopago was demolished. The wave was-almost spent on reaching •Haapai, where it caused the loss of several cutters and Hooded shops and dwellings,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 17 July 1917, Page 5
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