SOME WINDOWS SMASHED IN WANGANUI
A few minutes after 5 o 'eloek lasteveuing, a heayy earthquake shock was expqri'eneed' on both" sides of' Qopk Str&itj Wangaaoi possibly getting the worst of the jolt from tlxe point of view qf fhe towns. . The firsf indieatioa of the easth . moyement caine as a severe upward ' fhrust which was foliowed by a( swayIjng motion of several seconds dnration, ,i .fhen came a violent shake, accompaii- ; ied by considerab.le noise, which lasted ! foot to flve seconds. For several ipinutes affer that fhe earth was s^sydng gently but "witfe' decyeasiag xnotjon. • It was qp.« of the mosf eJarnuhg yisi- ■ fations for some fconsiderable time and [eairsed. a. lot of consteratidn where i people lxappened to be inside buildings. |No dainage has- been reported. Reports. of the shoek having been f ©It have also come from Blenheim, Pahiatua and Feilding, with no damag.e,
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 January 1948, Page 4
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