TIDAL WAVE

Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1929, Page 5

TIDAL WAVE

REPORTS OF DAMAGE. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (United Preßß Association.— ByElectrlo Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) ST. JOHN’S (Newfoundland), November 22.“' A definite change in the configuration of the land at Burin Peninsula is one result of the earthquake, said Hon. George Bartlett on arrival from Burin, where he witnessed the tidal wave disaster from the deck of the steamer Daisy, which was lifted on the crest and dropped back as the tide receded where vessels of fifteen tons could ride safely at anchor, the disturbance left the coastal waters too shallow for navigation.

Property damage is estimated at more than a million dollars.

Deaths are variously estimated at twenty-six to thirty-six.

Burin, the largest town affected, has a population of twelve hundred. The wave rose forty feet, sweeping all the waterfront property.

The French Island of St. Pierre and Miquelon off the Burin coast are reported to have suffered severe damage.

Four members of the crew of the steamer Georgian were taken to hospital on arrival of the ship to-day,' as a result of injuries suffered when a terrific sea swept the ship and shifted the cargo on Monday, twelve days out from Copenhagen.