957 QUAKES LAST YEAR
Dur Own Correfipondont.)
Johannesburg still Has Tremors
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J OHANNESBUEG, Aiig. 7. Joliaunesburg bad 9.5 / earth tremors iast year, an inerease of 11.3 over 1935, uecording to tbo annual repoft of tbe Goveruaerit Miuing Bugineor. Tbere were 710 tremors in 1934 and 736 in 1923. The report addS: A poinfc worthy of attention is tbe fact that, despite tbo inerease in tbe number and severity Of eartb tremors in receut years, ihcre bas bccn a steady decrease in fatal aeeideuts due to fall of rock, Tbe death rates per 1,000 for ialla of rock fOr 1934, 1935 and 1936 were 0.88, 0.67 and 0.65 respectivfely, and this satisfact.ory result is indeed a tribnte, not only to tbe steps taken to ensure safety in mining, but also to tbe efficacy of tbe systems of mining arid support, wbidb bave proved tbemselves wholly suitable to tbe extensively mined areas pf tbe Central Eand,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 189, 27 August 1937, Page 7
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