UNUSUAL WAVES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13337, 1 February 1909, Page 7

UNUSUAL WAVES.

Xews comes from Northern Wairo.a of an. unusual rush of the sea a few days .ago which caused quite a sensation on a West Coast camping ground, and suggested tidal waves following on submarine disturbances (says iin Auckland message to the '•Dominion."). Mr T. Jvoano, ■who was ns<hing on the beaoh, states that the tide had been running out an. hour or more, aJid lie was stauauig about half a chain from the clilis. No previous sweep of the. sea. lwid come within a chain of him. Suddenly a great sweep cajno rapidly upon aim, knocked him over, and dasned him against the cliff. When he "sras able to regain, an, upright position, there were several feet of water against the cliff. A second wavo followed soon, after the first, and again knocked him over and dashed ham against <tho olitf. Nine email children happened to see. tho wave coming and scrambled up the cliff. Two children were caught by tho wave, and washed threo chains aJong the beach like bite of soawced. Fortunately the -water left them on the beaoh and did not carry thorn away. The -water receded quickly after the second sweep, and no more extraordinary rushes followed. Old coasters who witnessed the scene state that -they had never before eeen any such sudden and immense sweeps on .the beach. The sea was very cairn, end Mr Keane says that such -weaves can onl.v be accounted for by some unusual disturbance somewhere in the bed of the ocean. The waves were .also obsearved by two travellers on the beach north of the Manganui Bluff.