Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1868 — Tidal Wave in New Zealand. [ARTICLE]

Tidal Wave in New Zealand.

A letter from NffW ZeiOanil, dated August 28, contains the (o.llpwing: ‘ “In Wellington a most extraordinary thing has oecureed, in the shape of a tidal wave. .Tho tide kept rising and fullingtwo or'three times an hour, Irvin low water to extreme high water. It caused immense excitement in the town, for people could not tell what wgsgoiug to happen. Every one ‘expected a great earthquake; and when wo did have a good sgiark shock that mado everything rattle again, and saut people flying out of the houses like rabbits out of their burrows, the electric telegraph from Lyttleton kept informing us of what was Imppening there, which made it very ftrterestiug. It saomsto have been more felt there than at Welling;on. At Oumaru the tide rose and fell tiftoeu fifteen feet in fifteen minutes, and at Lyttlcton it receded suddenly to six feot below extreme lowwater level, and then came in with such a rush that, it tore all the shipping away from tho wharfs and caused tremendous confu sion and considerable damage.”