THE SUN Stop Press
DESTRUCTION AT HAWERA The most severe earthquake felt here for some year ueeurred at 10.20 this morning lasting about three minutes. Many chimneys and private houses wrecked, plate-glass windows and shop fronts were cracked, while the interior fixtures tumbled, cousing damage to breakable goods. Shop assistants left the buildings to seek the comparative safety of the streets. Jlaiiy persons fainted in the streets. The water overflowed from the emergency reservoir at the top of the 160 ft tower, but no structural damage was done to the top, A 00ft smoke-stacSi Of the timber mill swayed two f*et from the perpendicular without being visibly damaged. Occasional tremors were felt at intervals till J 2.15. Peculiar features when first T??c shook was felt wer§. a .series of reports as if heavy explosions at sea, apparently a ••• ms kb-cable distance from fho voastj
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 691, 17 June 1929, Page 1
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144THE SUN Stop Press Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 691, 17 June 1929, Page 1
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