A BLOW-UP
AT OHINEMUTU
A NARROW ESCAPE.
(Per Press 1 ssociation — Copyright.)
ROTORUA, November 17,
When Mrs Mar iHcks of Ohinemutu went to get x kettle from the family thermal cooking hole at three p.m. on Wednesday atfernoon she met an unpleasant surprise. As she stepped for the kettle she heard an ominous rumble beneath her feet and fled iust in time. A few seconds later the afternoon tea and evening dlinner went up thirty feet in the air, from steiam holes, two in number, situated in the garden, midst a group of cottages and another, being quite close to the spot, they served not'only for cooking purposes but also supplied clear hot water for-three baths. .Now all connection with the baths is severed and the one on Hicks’ property is filled with liquid mud. Although the water .and! steam rose fully 30 feet, practically no debris was ejected and no damage done to the garden, cottages or hath, but where once were clear hot pools there ©re now two gaping holes in the rock about two feet in diameter with muddy boiling water at the bottom.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1932, Page 5
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187A BLOW-UP Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1932, Page 5
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