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Tomato Sauce
From a Special Correspondent RABAUL, February 2.
A BOUT 7.40 p.m. last night Rabaul experienced another earthquake. We understand rom the grapevine that the strength /as “No. 5.” The shake lasted pproximately 25 seconds, and was ather more a prolonged shudder, han, the usual gentle beginning, /orking up to a violent jerk, then gradual tapering off.
During the night and up to 4.30 .m. three more movements were oted; but these were only minor bakes, not sufficient to wake more ban a few people.
The majority of stores report their
rocery departments as shambles
lis morning with the usual bottles I tomato-sauce smashed and mixed ver a variety of tins and packages hich were thrown from the fixtures.
One would imagine that it would s easy enough to invent some way f protecting tomato-sauce bottles iiring “gurias.”
Private homes reported broken •ockery, but so far have not heard : any large loss by any one house alder.
Neither the Ascot nor the Cos opolitan hotels suffered damage to ock, though both houses carry a rge open storeroom with hun *eds of bottles ready for immedi ;e access.