EXCITEMENT AT GISBORNE.
The Volcano Vlalblo There.
GiSßOaNE.lagtnfcu At 2.30 this morning the inteiit?/ ; Gisborne were startled out riffi** a rumbling noise, accompanied by i? causing houses to shake and wind 7, rattle. As there seemed a: JMflZf'° phenomenon, a number of neonfcTi and paraded the town H Z'"? great excitement. Attention was Zl in the direction of Rotoraa, f wm S big volumes of fire could 1» seen j« up in the air canopied by a M.i\2 cloud. The sight was a magnificent m The clouds spread out'over the whole.!™ . and a rumbling continued till nearly W, in the morning when therewasasharpstak of earthquake followed quickly by anotW slight shock. Thetownuptothepie»tfe nearly in utter darkness. The shore are all lit up. There is a distinct a3 pervading the air which .has, apecA, effect on many of the people. TheasS caused great excitement. The birds ife morning were flying about in a . helpta fashion. Up to 2.30 the night waj d® but intensely cold. At present it israiniro hard. -^ Police Aid. X Thames, this day. Inspector Goodall proceeded by low, baok te Rotorua this afternoon."
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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 135, 11 June 1886, Page 2
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