The Earthquake.

Manawatu Herald, 20 August 1895, Page 3

The Earthquake.

sharpy slvp^fo^arlihquake was Wellington at about 6.24 p.m.Jon Saturday. It was • also felt at Palmerston Cow i ©jw||^ftma|e;by a series of severeiaSrafi^uakos afc Taupo on Sa- ' turda^ -Evening and Sunday is reported. . ; „; . The Postmaster at Taupo, Mr Paris, wired to the secretary of the General Post Office on Saturday evening r"We are having a succession of tremendous earthquakes. The first one ooourred at 6.27 p.m., and smashed a lot of crockery. They are by far the heaviest shocks I have ever felt. I expect they will throw wires in contact, as the direction is eait to west. A swinging lamp suspended 7ft. from a ceiling swung watiLit almost touched the roof." On Sunday evening he also wired : " Wi have not been able to see Tongariro; it is cloud-capped. I rode to Rohokawa to-day, eight miles to N.E.',but all is quiet there. The shakes were not severe at Orakeikorako. The kitchen dresser at the Terrace Hotel was thrown on the floor,; the kitchen range was shifted out several feet, the whole of the bottles in the bar were thrown on to the floor and smashed ; while cases were moved so as to block doors. This is also the case at all the hotels more or less, while the local storekeeper'^ goods, are all thrown on the floor, mixing up castor oil, ladies' finery, vinegar, curry, blankets, &c. The road where cuttings exist is ? blocked by large slips, which have occurred all round the lake. We can see hundreds as far as the eye oan reach. The Tokaanu mail could not go out to-day owijg to these slips* There is nothing special at Wairakei. They keep ringing us up and were in great fear, but as my people preferred the outside to the inside we had to leave them. All families but mine camped out in .tents.* i r Mr ' Harrington, the officer in charge at Napier, telegraphed to Mr Gray on Saturday night :— "Two heavy distinct shocks of l earthquake were experienced here — the first at 6.26 p.m. and the second, a very severe and prolonged one, at 6.27. ' The direction was east to west." Mr Dansey, of Rotorua, telegraphed to Mr Gray on Saturday night aajpilom:— „" Nothing felt here. Fine starlight night., There is no unusual activity- about the springs." Mr Hebberley, of Tarawera, telegraphed yesterday evening as folUnß » f-* * — • * *• • -

•' A very sharp earthquake was felt here last night at r 80. The shocks continued until 10 o'clock today, on and off. No damage Waa done." ..