The Panic at Tauranga. Rotorua Postmaster Sticks to Duty.
Wellington, this day. The following telegram has been received from Tauranga by the secretary of the Post-office. At 2.15 a.m. loud [reports and heavy earthquakes began here and continued until 5 a.m. Tauranga is in darkness, and there are thick clouds of sulphurous matter, geysers, etc., in the air. Mount Tarawera, Rotomahana, is reported to have broken out, and eruptions are going on continually. The postmaster at Rotorua tele graphs :—: — "All the people , here fled in their night-clothes. I have sent my family away. I remain at my post, but cannot say how long I can do this."
Tauranga, 12.16 p.m. The news from Eotorua is more reassuring. The darkness is now reported to be clearing away, and hopes are expressed that the worst is ovsr. This hope, however, may prove deceptive, as in volcanic eruptions there is often a lull in the activity, which is followed by more destructive out breaks.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 156, 12 June 1886, Page 1
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161The Panic at Tauranga. Rotorua Postmaster Sticks to Duty. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 156, 12 June 1886, Page 1
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