EARTH DROPPED SIX OR EIGHT FEET.

Shannon News, 28 June 1929, Page 2

EARTH DROPPED SIX OR EIGHT FEET.

EXPERIENCES ON WEST COAST. Mrs J. C. Laing, of Wallace Eoad has received a letter from her sister Mrs J. Lines, of Sherry river, whiel gives a graphic description of whai some qf the settlers there suffered dur ing the earthquake.and of the forti tude with which they faced their mis fortune. Sherry Eiver is 45 miles frorr Nelson and three miles from Tadmor Mrs Lines says, that all day Mondaj the earth rocked and bumped. Tree? touched the ground with their to[ branches. As oiie rumble ended anotlr er began. The hills were-split in manj places and the rivers were blqcke'd On the next farm the ground droppee" six to eight feet. Tadmor hill crackec and the road went. Big cracks open ed in the hop garden and blue mud oozed up. through them. "I am not frightened myself," writes Mrs Lines "but some of the women here wert panic stricken with fear. Most of the homes are gone and many of us arc fixed up temporarily in out-buildings We are using a small whare and th( family on the next farm are living in the separator room at the cowshed. W« are very lucky for we have five cup? and a-plate Teft between us."