EARTHQUAKES.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE, By telegraphy Press Ass’n, Copyrigh New York, Feb. 15. An eattbquakp, accompanied by a ris-> ing seo, greatly damaged the Columbian coast, and swallowed up Port Book Grande,
| (Pet Presn Association.) WelliogtOD,' last night. The New Zealand Times' correspondent referring to the earthquake at Eketahuna yesterday, BaysA remarkable circumstance in connection with it is that i‘s severity seems to have been confined to a limited area. In Masterton, about twenty miles distance to the south, the shook was not felt. ' ;
I In all the otitlying districts from Ekelahuna.much alarm was occasioned, and the hills in pluccs seemed to dip. At one rtsidenco at Rongomai overy chimney came down. Children proceeding to school at Eketahuna woro thrown to the ground, and horse-* stampeded. At Alfrodton, Niroahs, Rongoma ; , and Tawatara, which are in the immediate vioinily of Eketahuna, the shock was felt severely, though not much damage was done.
MANY PEOPLE PERISH. By telegraph, Press Ass'n, Copyright Received 1.6 a.m., Feb. 17. London, Feb. 16. Many pereors in Colombia were killed or injured by tbe earthquakes.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1676, 17 February 1906, Page 2
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