The Recent Earthquake
♦ A very severe earthquake was felt here yerterday morning at 4.40. It was preceded by a loud rumbling noise which awakened and alarmed everyone. The shock continued for several seconds and was tbe heaviest experienced since the shake of 1881. Beyond stopping a few clocks, and smashing some crockeryware, no damage was done. After the tremblings of the fii-st shock ; there was a second and slighter one a few minutes after five o'clock. The shock was felt throughout the North Island.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 68, 5 December 1891, Page 2
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84The Recent Earthquake Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 68, 5 December 1891, Page 2
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