BEWARE OF EARTHQUAKES.
A WARNING TO WELLINGTON
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION]
WELLINGTON, April 7. Dr. Malcolm Maclaren, the wellknown geologist, in an interview, remarked that the warning he gave in Wellington four years ago regarding the need to make buildings erected in that city earthquake-proof had been disregarded. Dr. Bell, the late Government Geologist, had since expressed similar views. There may yet be ample time, Dr. Maclaren said, to prepare for a serious earthquake shock. To build at all in Wellington is .folly': To continue building in.'jdefiancij‘;qf well-known prihciplck?.hoyernffig :tlie eonstnietiqu of eirthou.aice-prnnf : A seveTe earthquakewnaj'/not t*pm«£fofc; forty-: years /“’it Vnjpy -come To-morrow. That it will’come is certain. It would be a terrible calamity for an earthquake to occur at Wellington at any time. Should it occur in wet weather it would be' doubly appalling, since serious slips would occur on all sides. of the city, which is stirrounded by hills.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3190, 8 April 1911, Page 5
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150BEWARE OF EARTHQUAKES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3190, 8 April 1911, Page 5
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