THE GREAT TIDAL WAVE, MAY, 1877. 105 
TazBie showing the highest and lowest points displayed by the 
Tidal Wave on the 11th, 12th, and 13th May, 1877. 
Date. Time. ae | ont Renita: 
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11 May 6°40 a.m 5 7} Hives Sydney ; dotted line. 
.| 640 ,, Be Ger Ae tke : Newcastle; full line, N.W. 
” ” Z Pee bo eeewes es yaney. 
wore Pah ai ye sos: | O 10% br pe 
> 8 .m CGE le ke Sydne 
wv i -| 6:37 6 5 | hneas Newauies westerly wind. 
Res og) CR A ces #4 Sydney. 
5 cc iat (o> 2 Sa Cee eae 1 it} Newcastle. 
wi lay <,-| TBO. “5, Ee ere Sydney. 
PP orate nee - 5 4 eaten Newcastle ; N.W. 
» ” ‘ at 1:40 p-m aa 2 1} sydney. 
ee sd Hee Sol Serie ye a 
| 7°30 6 104 ney. 
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9 . «| 8% ie PRY ieee Reve raee Newcastle ; S.W. 
pee = DSO Mame yo Wek ien 11 Sydney. 
Sere | pige SSN Bara Be arin L- 3 Newcastle. 
New Zeananp. 
Telegrams from New Zealand report similar waves on the east 
5 a.m., extending from the Bluff to lt Bay. 
The greatest range was 6 fect, the least 2 feet. uld there- 
fore Saar that the waves came from the 8.E, as thdy are not 
he west coast of New Catand. Iti is ations 
coas 
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evident they have come over the thousands of m jing in very 
short time, and must be oe . the earthquake waves ‘ 
reached our coast in August, 1 
On 1lth Maya remarkable ye of the tide occurred, 
and attracted a good deal of attention. The pulsation of old 
cean was in fact quite a —— indicating a restlessness that 
has not been noticeable here s 
i 
en as suddenly to flow = 
or two afterwards a person ansfo : 
observe the w ai sepia a fyi far below Ww spring tide low. 
ieglak canck. exposing the lower part of his slip, which had not 
been laid bare se the disturbance of 1868. About 9 oo) Sane a 
: ee tidal turmoil was nese | vid the pier of the 
sland. First the tide ebbed, it being then about low-water, and aM 
‘then it =e and & s0 o continued sort i ee from 7 inches 
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