EARTHQUAKES.
SHAKE ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE. . WATER-PIPES BROKEN. ' (81, TELBGBArn—PItESS ASSOCIATION —COPTIiIGHT.J ■ New York, January 12. ■ : An earthquake at Port Townsend, Jefferson. County; . Washington State,. broke - the waterpipes,-flooding houses.. The'"extinct" volcano,-Mount "Baker, was active for a short time.-: •; - : x i, EARTH MOVEMENTS IN PACIFIC. Brisbane, January 13. Professor Marshall, of Dunedin, lectured before the Scierice . -Congress on'. "Earth Movements of tho South-west Pacific.", RATIONS FOR 61,000 PEOPLE DAILY. ■ (Reo. January 13, 10.20 p.m.) ; Rome, January 13. . Tho -relief committees of tho Italian earthquake zone distribute rations daily to 64,000 persons.
A Press Association telegram frqm Dunedin 'states" that, a popular concert in aid of; the Earthquake : Relief Fund was held last night, and realised £140. • ' ' ' The - following subscriptions have : been received by his Worship tho Mayor (the Hon. .T. W. 'Hislop) in connection with the. Italian Disaster• Benefit 'Fund:—F. Penty, £1' Is.; Wm. Tlios. Green, £2 25.; "A Friend," 7s. 6d;: Mrs. 55.; W.: M'Lean, £1 Is,; Wellington Association ■of Spiritualists (per W.i: M'Lean), £4 45.; "E.G.," 10s.; " A Friend," £1; A. G. Moyrick, £5; proceeds of Benefit Concert, £28' 6s. Bd.V total; £43 17s. 2d.. According to a Christchurch Press Association message, the sum of; £200, which has been lying to the credit of the Cheviot earthquake fund for some years, is to .be dovoted to the relief of sufferers by. the recent Sicilian earthquake. Members of tho committeo connected with the fund.agreed to this step, and the Prime Minister cordially approved the suggestion. ■'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 January 1909, Page 5
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