EARTHQUAKES.
WELLINGTON WARNED BY GEOLOGISTS. Auckland, April 7. Dr. Malcolm Maclaurin, the well-known geologist, in an interview, remarked that the warning be gave to Wellington lour years ago regarding the need to make the new buildings erected in that city earthquake-proof had been disregarded. Dr. Bell, the late Government geologist, had since expressed Similar views. There may yet be ample time, said Dr. Maclaurin, to prepare for a serious earthquake shock. To build at all in Wellington is folly, but to continue building in defiance of the well-known principles governing the construction of earthquakeproof buildings is criminal. A severe earthquake may not come for forty years—it may come tomorrow. that it will come is certain. It would be a terrible calamity for an earthquake to occur in Wellington at any time. Should it occur in wet weather, it would be doubly appalling, since serious slips would occur on all sides of the city, which is surrounded by hills.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 977, 8 April 1911, Page 3
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158EARTHQUAKES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 977, 8 April 1911, Page 3
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