EARTHQUAKE RECORDS
MELBOURNE OBSERVATIONS
TWO SHOOKS REGISTERED. United Press Association —Copyright. (Received June 5 ;l 12.35 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 4. The seismograph at the Observatory registered a shock of earthquake at 7.12 on the morning of May 31, and a ‘second shock at 4.50 this morning, ■both severe. The astronomer thinks that the first record coincides with a ishock reported between Port Darwin 'and one of the islands off the- coast; and that the second occurred between two and three thousand miles from the Australian coast.
[An earthquake shock was felt in Gisborne at about 7.30 a.m. on May 31.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2520, 5 June 1909, Page 5
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100EARTHQUAKE RECORDS Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2520, 5 June 1909, Page 5
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