EARTHQUAKE AT LYTTELTON.
Two shocks of earthquake were distinctly felt in Lyttelton last night at about the hours of 9
and 12 o'clock, and another this morning at about 7 o'clock. Several people mention having felt other minor shocks during the night. None of them were violent, but the first of longer duration than any we have yet experienced here. Several pendulum clocks were stopped by the motion. Many old settlers say that they do not remember an earthquake before of such Ions: duration in New Zealand. The wind was blowing in strong gusts from the N.W., and has continued in that quarter ever since, the weather being oppressive and sultry. We have just heard that the first shock at Christchurch was felt very severely. —Lyttelton Times, January 2-1.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 35
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129EARTHQUAKE AT LYTTELTON. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 35
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