BIG BLOW-UP PREDICTED.
, ’ ' Sydney, May 9. Professor Percival, volcanologist of Freiburg University, who is returning to Germany after a visit to New Zealand, predicts a big blow-up in New Zealand, perhaps more destructive than the famous tarawera eruption.
The cause of volcanic energy in New Zealand is a long line of fault, running from the middle of the Bay ot Plenty across the North Island, from north north-east to south south-west. Professor Percival noticed a great increase in thermal activity at Rotorua since his visit in 1897, whence, with other indications, he deduced that an outbreak is likely. He declared that if the magnetic pull operates over that region an eruption will occur. Tarawera was the safety valve of that area, but the| crator ot Tarawera hds filled up, and probably is finally extinct. There must be a vent for volcanic energy, but it is impossible to say where and when it will break forth.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1095, 10 May 1913, Page 3
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155BIG BLOW-UP PREDICTED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1095, 10 May 1913, Page 3
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