SHAKE IN ITALY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 315, 28 March 1928, Page 11

SHAKE IN ITALY

UDINE PROVINCE ROCKED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION VIOLENT SHOCKS IN MEXICO By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 10.52 a.m. ROME, Tuesday. A strong earthquake shock was felt this morning in the Udine Province, and heavy damage was caused. Several buildings collapsed, and j there were five fatalities.—-A. and N.Z. ! MEXICO CITY, Tuesday. j Dispatches from Pochutla, in the State of Oaxaca, report that the! towns of Pluma, Hidalgo and Zodani j have been devastated by a series of earthquakes. Rocks rolled down the sides of La Sirena mountain and destroyed all the hamlets on the slopes. It is feared the mountain may crumble. Earlier reports from Oaxaca had stated that alarming seismic conditions were continuing and that earth tremors had been intermittent since last Wednesday.—A. and N.Z.

On March 22 Professor Bendandi, the noted seismologist, predicted that new and powerful earthquakes were imminent and that a great telluric movement would occur simultaneously in Southern Europe and in some of the submarine zones of the South Pacific. He added that April would be the most uneasy month in many zones of the globe. On the night of Thursday last a violent earthquake, the worst that had been experienced since the great disturbance of 1911, struck terror into the inhabitants of the Mexican capital. The shock occurred at 10.15 p.m., and lasted two minutes. Ten persons were injured and minor damage was done in the city.