Rabaul Shaken

Minor Damage Done

From Our Own Correspondent.

RABAUL, December 18. on Wednesday morning, De cember 13, Rabaul was visited by a severe earth tremor. The time of the shock was 12.15 a.m.

Considerable damage was done in cer tain sections of the town to tanks, crockery and cement piles. No one was injured, though a number of women were suffering later from shock as the result of nerve-strain.

The first tremor was of an up-and down nature; and was followed later by spasmodic shakes from various direc tions. Landslides occurred on the vari ous main roads and a small tidal wave was reported from Nodup.

A peculiar characteristic of these tremors was the fact that no rain had previously fallen, as is usual before such phenomena.