TIDAL WAVES.
ENTER TUPAEOA POST OFFICE: . The secretary of the general post office has' received a telegram from the chief postmaster at Gisborne/ giving partioulais of an untoward incident at xuparoa, a settlement on the East Coast, between Gisborno, and the East Cape. The telegram states, in effect, that 'on Monday morning the post office at" Tuparoa was swamped by a heavy .eea ■ at high-water, which entered: the office and washed round the building, wrecking the gates and fencing on both sides.;- No damage of any moment was done.. : • A.further message ivas. iw*m<i from Tuparoa yesterday, stating that at seven p.m. a tremendous. wave struck tho post office. The , water tore down the door, and nishtid all over "the place, carrying in small- logs and a quantity-of-sand.' The water also rushed in through the posting boxes and the crevioes of thewindow sashes. ■ ' ■ ■■ ■■ ■ ■ Damage was also done by the eea water in the private quarters, where from- one to four "■ inches of sand . was left on the floor when the water ■ subsided. The shop of Mr. T. A. Williams, s'addler, next door, was also flooded, . .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 6
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184TIDAL WAVES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 6
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