SYDNEY REFERENCES
SiTDNEY, 4th February. The /'Sydney Morning Herald" says that while, as in the majority of similar cases, the first reports of casualties and damago in the Hawkes Bay dis-' aster .probably arc considerably exaggerated, it is undoubtedly serious. "Australia offers her heartfelt sympathy to the sufferers and the bereaved. ' / "The unheralded character of an earthquake visitation increases the horror of it, and when the earth begins to quiver man is liable to become a prey to confusion and dismay. "Napier with fortitude escaped theao manifestations; therefore we temper our regrets with' our compliments." Other papers refer to the disaster in similar terms.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1931, Page 12
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104SYDNEY REFERENCES Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1931, Page 12
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