EARTHQUAKES

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2903, 21 February 1891, Page 2

EARTHQUAKES

KNCITINCr TIMKS AT I: 'i'uio A. TOUHISTS l,[-,AV|-, PIIKCII'I- : TATKI.Y. ;' (i;v iKr.KUIt.M'H -own '■ '■ . .-i-e , o::r.) j .\r.io..-:,,. I.:' N'lo i . WlllllM. Irom (>l ~-:' I. io I .lit 1 .- j ,p,.il;e-hoe:;s.-,t K,t .r.', ■0 M ■■■ Pv • ■ \ ~ coriespoiideiit to Me Stir •> -:--" ■'• j h-ifl a tornble d.iy !>-■' : ye,i r■! •>' '17 i- -' ■. ' which fiigb'onod the v.-iv ■■ .1 : 'ho "im.- j •l.v while at break!.-), w■. ;o- ' I ~ g,-.i I nimblil.g and s,-,!0,..-. ,;. ,11 ll.P'e-, o.l' " wiu-ls f, lPwod by ;is:;is , f eartii tie..wis. 1.0-ting two ho.ns and :,■).■'■ -..::.e bung ..ml tfii- .wing poop!,- d ,v ii on the \:\ ■■'•■■ I. | Any number of woin, 11 t..,nud, .ml t.h..ie , was a deal of consternation MoonM, 11Maories. It was an imp':...-m'. I •■)■.'■ ! and nearly eveiyoi.e in tiie pie-. I ■ ) ■'.'•'■. when it, 'linishe-l. S-mo ;■ in i-ts el-.r. I immediatolv. leaving their higgige. I i-hin-l. and :. number are going to-dav. I have had enough, and ■'. n"t wo.' a recurrence. I thought we migl.'. !oi ' in '■ au-oher i.'iuptioii. The springs are very active, and on *'>■ • 1! iy evening one large gevser burst in the iniddl" of the mad, frightening the inmates o! the Palace Hotel so nmch that they would not go to bed. Thing.-, have fpuotoned to-.lay, lint 1 slmll not trouble- Roto--1 in again after the experience "f yesterday. 'I'o givu you nn idea of how frightened the. Maoris were, they caught all their lmisi-.-and cleared for their live-. 1 siipp-osi' tourists clearing out to-dav will m ike a noise about it, as they got a fright.