MORE SHOCKS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 17 July 1929, Page 5

MORE SHOCKS

TREMORS IN NELSON Several tremors were felt in Nelson last night, tin- most noticeable being at 10.15 p.m. and 2.24 a.m. There was another short sharp jolt at 1.45 this afternoon. MONDAY NIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH The experience of • Christchurch in Monday night's earthquake a lion), 5.2! was that it exceeded all the earth movements there since the big shaki .f 17th June. Mr 11. F. Skey. of tin Magnetic Observatory reported thai the movements continued for I! I minutes after the first oscillation. "They almost certainly had the saint origin as the big earthquake of ITtl June." remarked Mr Skey. There w.\> confirmation of his deduction in the re

port from Westport that two severe shocks had I).'; :i felt there. "People should not rebuild their brick chimneys vol," said Mr Skcy, "or rather, they should not reconstruct ; them in concrete lor a while. Thoy I should get tilong with iron chimneys j for the present.'' lie said he did not. think there would be any damage loI rally. 1 An officer of the Railway Deparfcmunt advised that Arthur's Pass anil Otira hud boon rocked, and people had moved from the vicinity of chimneys, but none had been reported to have fallen. There was no damage to the lines, so far as could be ascertained,! ur t" the Otira tunnel. SUSTAINED SHOCK GBEYMOUTH, 15th July. An earthquake lasting about half a minute was experienced to-night in the Grey district at 8.23, causing a renewal of apprehension. It was followed seven minutes later by a minor shock. The motion was not sharp, but gradually increased, and was sustained as long as that of any shock since the big one on 17th June. The direction was apparently from north to south. No damage is reported.