EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 117, 15 June 1909, Page 2

EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE.

COXSIDKKAHLK DAMAUE. Paris, June 13. Tlii' m'i-iiiic wiivi' in France lasted i'iuhi «.U o'clock t" ».4rt o'clock. There tti'u- iinir hhmkv-lu.kily just hclorc li-ilniiu'. oinerwui' there would | iiuvi- liciii niiinlri'.li ol victim-. | Fifteen pcrsn 1= «ere killed at Lainiicsc mi:! tiiu village of Roquet was ill-lin-lj destroyed, luciu.i bodies linvi' Iwimi found. Several deaths occurred al Saint Canii.ii, .where many persons are »till liiiiu'il in Hjf nuns, Every house i» -mill' of tin l streets is destroyed; Tlif damage is estimated at over a million francs (.tlO.OOU). Many at Marseille* reiiiaiui'd all night la IWiiug boats. Twenty thousand per■uin garnered at the quay*. The troops ..re assisting in the rescue work. Tlii' dead were 'mostly killed white sleeping.

SOUND LIKE A ROLL OF .i> THUJfDKR. WHOLE FAMILIES KILLED. FURTHER SHOCKS PREDICTED . Received 14, 10.10 p.ni. Pari*, June 14. The line of great destruction wai north-cast from the Aix river to Durance. The shocks 'began with a sound like a roll of tuunder amidst a tempest of wind. The more solidly constructed buildings of the town resisted the shocks, but there was great destruction in little hamlets ami on farms. In some cases' whole families 'were killed. Quantities of tents and food have been sent to devastated districts. The shock was intense all along tho French-Mediterranean shore. Slighter shock* were experienced 'from Montpelier to Grenoble and Perpignan, f . Somo shocks' were felt on the Italian ttiviera, and also on botih sides of Moat Blanc anil in Spain and Portugal. A further shock was experienced at six o'clock yesterday morning. The water in the wells in several places remained tepid for hours.* > M. Henri Depan-illc, the well-known savant, in ait interview published an Ihe Dili inst., mentioned the twelfth and thirteenth a*'the critical dates. H« > predicts further shocks on the lOtlt fuul - 40th.