A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Llectric Telegraph Copyright.
VESSEL LIFTED BODILY OUT OF WATER. SUPPOSED SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE. Received May 26, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, May ?6. The barque Pa las, from Mollendo, Peru, had a remarkable experience when in the vicinity of the San:oan group. Dunne a lull and in a calm sea, the vessel shook, quivered, and was then lifted bodily out of the water. She came down with a severe bump. Several big tidal waves followed in quick succession. Some hours later there was a similar visitation, the shock lasting ten seconds. The vessel shook like a leaf. It is supposed to have been a submarine earthquake.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9099, 27 May 1908, Page 5
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111A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9099, 27 May 1908, Page 5
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