THE EARTHQUAKE.
{To the Editor of the Evening Star.)
Sir, —If it is of any importance to determine the direction of the earthquake wave, i can most pos'tively inform you that it was in Dunedin from south-east to north-west, and not from west to east, as stated in your paper, as indicated by the water in a tub oscillating from side to side violently in the directions I have indicated. There were also three distinct shocks, with intervals of about ten seconds between them, but the first was the most violent. I happened to he standing in a house at the top of Canongate street at the time, and was thus out of the way of other influences, such as the motion caused by carts passing, &c., which are liable to be felt in other parts of the city. This would seem to confirm the opinion of the Nelson Colonist, quoted uy you, as to the shifting of the centre of volcanic action. —I am, &c,, Vulcan. Brown street, Dunedin, June 25, ISG9.
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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1915, 25 June 1869, Page 2
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173THE EARTHQUAKE. Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1915, 25 June 1869, Page 2
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