FURTHER VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
-Pres* Assn.-
Rabaul Cut Off From Sea LAND RISES 600 FEET
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' SYDNEY, June 1. Communication by sea tvith Rabaul has been cut off, owing to Vulcan Island rising 600 feet, closing the entrance to Rabaul harbour. Dry land now extends from Vulcan Island to Matupi Island. W. R. Carpenter and Co., Ltd., have reeeived advice that the company'8 town tvharf and foreshore buildings have collapsed, apparently owing to earth subsidence. Burns, Philp, Ltd., have been advised that Matupi is again erupting and that the position in Rabaul is becoming dangerous, A later message states that Eabaul is slowly being buried under showers of pumice ash and dust which continues to pour from the two volcanoes. Eefugees at Kukopo are faced with a shortage of water and food with the possibility of a resulting epidemic. Supplies of food and water are being unloaded from Montoro, but these supplies, however, are sufficient only for two days, and it will be four days before any other vessel can reaeh Kokopu.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 7
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173FURTHER VOLCANIC ACTIVITY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 7
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