SUBMARINE VOLCANIC DISTURBANCE
SEEN FROM STEAMER WEST CARMONA IN TASMAN SEA Melbourne, November 23. Officers of the steamer West Carmona, on arrival from Wellington, reported a submarine upheaval of considerable magnitude. The phenomenon was observed in the Tasman Sea, almost midway between New Zealand and Australia, earlv on the afternoon of November 19. ' Broken water ’ was reported ahead, and the West Carmona was soon ploughing through heavy seas, which bore sand, red clay, and other debris from the sea floor. The waves appeared to emanate from a focus, and gave an appearance known to mariners as “heavy water.” The ship was tossed abouL and speed was greatly reduced. The disturbed area was very large, and for many hours disturbed water was seething about the ship. The depth of water in this region is shown in the Admiralty charts as 400 fathopis, and there is. no known shoals within tnanv miles. The master and officers were unanimous in reporting this as a submarine volcanic disturbance, probably associated with the earth tremors recently experienced in the North Island'of New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19261124.2.69
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 51, 24 November 1926, Page 10
Word count
Tapeke kupu
178SUBMARINE VOLCANIC DISTURBANCE Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 51, 24 November 1926, Page 10
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in