QUAKE ROCKS RABAUL
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Houses Moved Off Their Foundations
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fteceivea Thursaay, lU.ciU p.m. RABaUL, Oct. 20. Rabaul and surroiinding districts were rocked at 7 a.m. today by the worst earth tremors since the disarstrous '.quake of 1932. Damage to property, however, was not great and there were no easualties. Besidents of Rabaul rushed into I the open during the 'quake which ! lasted about one minute. The ] worst damag.e is reported at ' Kokopo, 30 miles south of Rabaul. There many houses were moved off their foundations. Tanks were thrown off stands and erockery and glassware valued at hundreds of pounds, broken. On the Kokopo-Rabaul road, a landslide buried three motor trucks but the native drivers escaped uninjured. Goods crashed from the shelves of stores in Rabaul and the harbour bottom lifted. Frightened by the tremors, 'the^ natives "went bush" but later returned. At the Vanapore Mission Hospital, the X-ray plant and other i valuable eqpipment was badly damaged. I The tremors were recorded at Ithe Riverview Observatory, Syd- ' ney.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1949, Page 5
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170QUAKE ROCKS RABAUL Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1949, Page 5
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