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1 RABTim, i'bb. i3. ■ Af'ter a Qtilet day on I8aturclay, Mt. Ngattrulibe" bbfeame actiVfe dgaiii faday. begiiiiiiRg with a heaYy e±pld8i(jii at li.§0 a.in. fdh lowecl by g'reatef dilfe's at iklS li.rn. dnd 2 |).ni. Heavy debris was tlirdwh diit by bdth the latter ex|)lcsidhs and ahhther ma^jdf ohe oceuf'red about 7 p.m. Frbm 8 p.m. the niountaih Has beeii exploding at intervals of 5 to 10 minutes, suffieientiy .loudly tb be lieard at Raetihi. "The explosions have been cahsing fairly heavy coneussion around the dhateau area and setting up earthi tremors similar to those on "Wednesday. •Y hsf erday a party df ' fcbifeiitiSts inelhdihg Mr. Healy"; HoveThment seishiblo^is.t from ildfor'uh ailtl t^r. wHito of the U ;S;- geblbgieai &tirvey, iftvestigated the reported area of kva ftbW bh the nortiiweist slope Of the rnouhtain ahcl clefinitely establishbd that theae .had been a Odnsiderable fibW whieh was stiii eohtintiihg yesterday. Tliey left the Chateah again this mdfhifig for the arba to tface the fltiw to its source bilt had not fetilriifed atXS^LJ'i^ku -
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1949, Page 5
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