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Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



The places at which the earthquake was felt are as fol- 

 lows : — 



Place. 



Cbristchurch 



Lyttelton . . 



Rangiora 



Kaiapoi 

 Waikuku . . 

 Saltwater 

 Creek 



Gust 

 Oxford 



Prebbleton 



7h.36m. 



43 s., 

 N.Z.M.T. 



7.33 



7.35 



About 

 7.45 



7.35 



Apparent 

 Direction. 



N, to S. or 

 N.E. to 

 S.W. 



Apparent 

 Duration. 



N. and S. 



10-35 sees. 



S.E.toN.W. Nearly ^ 

 mill. 



E. to W. 

 E. to W. 



E. to W. 



70-80 sees. 



Effects. Remarks. 



Piece fell off cathedral 

 tower. Chimneys, 

 ceilings damaged, 

 bells rung, panes 

 broken, articles 

 thrown off shelves, 

 water in open vessels 

 spilt; Avon stopped 

 flowing for a mo- 

 ment, then flowed 

 slightly more quickly. 

 Not so much dam- 

 age as 1868. Several 

 clocks facing E. and 

 W. stopped, but those 

 facing N. and S. 

 went on. 



" Sharp" {or " very se- 

 vere"). S.s. " Wa- 

 katipu" heeled over 

 on to wharf. No 

 damage. Clock at 

 time -ball tower 

 stopped at time 

 named. Town-clock 

 bell struck several 

 strokes at 7.38 ; seve- 

 ral clocks stopped 

 tben. 



No damage done. All 

 pendulum clocks, in- 

 cluding town-clock, 

 stopped at 7.33. One 

 of the sharpest since 

 1871. 



No damage of conse- 

 quence. Some artc- 

 sians stopped flowing 

 for a time. 



Unusually heavy. 

 Chimneys moved ^in. 

 to 2in. A few, badly 

 constructed, over- 

 thrown. Bottles off 

 shelves. Nearly all 

 clocks stopped. 



" Sharp." School-bell 

 at Lincoln rang. No 

 damage. 



