THE STRAITS SETTLEMENT
TIDAL WAVE AND: EARTHQUAKE.- . By-'Mcgrapli—Pre«3r/npo<!iatloii—OoprTlßht "'..' ; >"- 'Sydney;;July- ; 28.\ ; The Dutch .steamer Van, Clbbri, which '"'■ a shore! 'in; %\ dangerous, place at ■ 'Salqngjiv'-jiv,the:'Straits;-Settlenicntj lias \ refloated.', ~;.Tlig accident, •was due '•'•■: to v a' tida%. waW following' oii aniearth- . quake, .which practically 'deiriolished ."■ Bencoolen:I;.; v,..,.-:. _;:;. .;....,;::,- .'-";Seventeen-.Ghiiiese aftd.-four natives ■were killed' arid .twenty, persons'injured/ • including'seven"Europeans;"■'".,-' : ;V ' -. ,'.
4; Biltavia;, message-, states; that.-an.jm-: merise ' earthquake destroyed' ;the telegraph! arid., cable, Jiries,,-arid- that i-. thesteamer. Kintuck is ashore on a coral reef?, -.'but .'that 'all lier. 1 passengers' ''have 'been, saved. ; :; , ..••''"."• ,:,-;.:■
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2214, 29 July 1914, Page 8
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85THE STRAITS SETTLEMENT Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2214, 29 July 1914, Page 8
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