Two more minutes and he would have been killed. These men were working to clear the debris and find the remainder of the bodies. A slightly smaller earthquake three days previous was at about 40km. The eyes seemed to have been darkened around the edges with eyeliner and eyeshadow. She tried to look up at where she last saw the dragonfly, but she started feeling dizzy and her vision got blurry. It was the rumbling of another earthquake; the wall was falling on me; I struggled to get free, and then awoke to find the maid knocking at my door with the early morning cup of tea. This beautiful department store was now nothing but a mass of concrete, steel girders, burnt sheets of galvanised iron, and general wreckage. . The city of Napier is built on weak rock which is very easily moved and because New Zealand runs through a fault line earthquakes can be common. Another view of the wreckage of the Nurses’ Home. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. The wooden section was still standing, although damaged, but the brick portion had totally collapsed. When she went to high school in her younger years she went to a school that was all the way on top of the hill. I wondered whether the absence of fire had actually saved anything after all. It didn’t quite look natural. It was nestled into the hill overlooking the vistas of northern Hawkes Bay, surrounded by native bush. Collection of sourced and dated newspaper clippings from the Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.), New Zealand Free Lance, and the Auckland Weekly News. His business was completely destroyed, not a particle of the stock was saved, and the building was burnt to the ground. At Palmerston we were told that all traffic to Napier had been stopped unless we had passes from the police. The staff have settled for just three candles on the cake this year - if . The temblor was reported at 11:42:47 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). No doubt the burnt Burroughs machines could have been found, but we had found enough of such ruins for the day. But as they bring out the party food and dote on the birthday girl, she says she doesnât know what all the fuss is about. He struggled outside with everything falling about him. Communication nowadays went via Neurolink networks with chips implanted into people’s skulls that are directly linked to their brain. 1931: The Hawke's Bay Earthquake. See also Minhinnick cartoon caption, New Zealand Herald, 09/02/1931. The sun was streaming down as it could only in New Zealand and more particularly in . At present a section of the street is roped off to prevent the workers from getting too close. âI had to read the names of the people who died out to her â and she knew 98% of them,â Ruth reveals. What does it mean?”.“Wish I knew Ben.. Almost every part of the city had some tragic stories attached to it. Road ouside Napier showing bridge risen about four feet; notice the crack in the road in the centre of the picture. Thus in the two towns all the Banks will be together. In 1931 Ruth McNab was a school teacher in . As it was now almost dark the police sentries were particularly watchful, as no one other than the police were allowed in this portion of the town after dark. An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred only 6 minutes ago 93 km southwest of Napier City, New Zealand, New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet) reported. A track had been cleared in the street to enable the lorries to wend their way around the heavy masses of concrete and other large obstacles which had not yet been moved. Every bridge or culvert had been damaged and in most cases the bridges had risen. Here as we went along the street we saw another of the many motor cars upon which had fallen pieces of masonry which had prevented it from being moved, and had then been included in the path of the fire. She squinted her eyes to make out more detail on its grey/green body. When we reached the Hastings boundary we were stopped again and not permitted to go through the town. 1865 Self-reliant policy introduced by Frederick Weld's ministry led to the gradual withdrawal of imperial troops from New Zealand. Huge earthquake hits Chile. Nothing else out of the ordinary so she convinced herself it was safe to try and flip it over to see what was on the bottom. The next day another earthquake came along and they were all scattered to the ground once more. “This is where we rescued my brother Gordon,” he continued. On May 21, 1960, the first tremor of a series hits Valdivia, Chile. When she woke up in the morning the windows would automatically go from tinted to transparent and every appliance came to life. 10. The car was marked with a large red badge “Relief Car” in two places. Almost as if it was made out of a heavy solid material. An earthquake is caused by 2 tectonic plates rubbing against each another one is going up and the other one is going down in Napier's case it was Australian and Pacific plates that run right though New Zealand.As the plates rub it makes fiction. Napier gained some new settlers when a number of soldiers took their discharge in Hawke's Bay. Here was a confectionery store. âHer memory is great â you can ask her for the date of when something happened and she remembers it. There was a picture theatre which had only partly collapsed and the remainder was now likely to fall down at any moment. 1865 With a glass of water in one hand she popped two tablets into her mouth with the other. Mr. Armstrong was boarding in Napier for some weeks before the earthquake and had only left the night before it occurred to attend to some urgent business in Palmerston North. “Not unpleasant..” mumbled Kaia under her breath.She peeked into the box and saw that it was beautifully lined with a dark green silk material. The figure looked a bit like a cross between a funeral undertaker and a shaman. But she didn’t think anything of note was actually there at that location. At least 256 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake: 161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings, and two in Wairoa. It was one continuous race with death and the daily papers showed how many times death won. There is something there.. At 10:47 am on the 3 rd of February 1931 a magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit the Hawkes bay then was followed closely by a second quake that rocked the Hawkes bay for almost 3. She kept her distance for another 10 seconds or so, collecting her courage to approach the package. But what she felt instead was something completely different. International case studies were examined, the Northridge earthquake being the most successful recovery while Hurricane Katrina the least. were all represented and doing excellent service. two and a half minutes It remains New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster. We turned a corner to where a concrete building was standing, the walls of which were very little damaged but the fire had penetrated right through the building. The summer air was sweet… sticky almost… and laced with the smell of the flowering Pohutukawa trees. A sentry approached and as he was armed I thought it better to make an explanation and then received permission to go ahead and take the photographs amongst the ruins. WPExplorer. The epicentre was five kilometres north of Waipukurau, a small town southwest of Napier on New Zealand's North Island. Your valuable insights would help us to better estimate the shaking intensity caused by this earthquake, and to better understand the effects of future major earthquakes in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Just before 9 o’clock we started on our journey of 110 miles to Palmerston. At 10.47am on February 3, 1931, the earth moved. We saw the Bank of New Zealand. Why had this beautiful town been wrecked? The poor old Mayor, who was previously a comparatively wealthy man, was now ruined. She was of the opinion that any invention that could minimise suffering should be freely usable by anyone and not kept to anyone to make large amounts of money from. I photographed a three storied boarding house, the falling roof of which had been caught by an electric light pole which still kept it from dropping to the footpath. Laid out in 1856, the town was named for Sir Charles Napier, a 19th-century British military commander in India. Napier gained some new settlers when a number of soldiers took their discharge in Hawke's Bay. The last thing she remembered was that she fell over onto the thick plant cover. We learn that the Napier/Hastings earthquake of 1931 was the result of earlier incarnations of the gods failing to find Frigg Thur 3 Feb at 11.30 am. Outside the garage was an open camp fire-place built from the bricks of the broken chimneys. It reminded me of an ants’ nest which had been trodden on by school boys. Minutes. -300 boys at the school and were thrown out the building. Although we were driving on a concrete road for much of the distance we had to go slowly for the thick concrete had suffered in the same way as the rest of the ground, and large fissures a foot wide had to be negotiated. Recent Quakes. What buildings werenât destroyed by the shaking, were gutted â the town was essentially wiped off the map. Mr. Armstrong then took me to what was once a beautiful home where some friends of his were living on the eventful day. The garage had been used for meals and three tents on the lawn in front of the house served for the bedrooms. It occurred in 1960 in Chile, where the Nazca plate subducts under the South American plate. All (includes deleted) Weak and above Light and above Moderate and above Strong and above Severe and above. -The nurses building collapse and many night nurses were killed (they used to give the overnight nurses a nurse house to sleep in since they worked over night) My poster information of the Napier earthquake. New Zealand's largest earthquake in European times struck the centre of the country almost 150 years ago. Whangārei egg producer accused of animal cruelty after hens 'left to rot'. Hawke's Bay — Before and After, p. 77. And going down the hill it charged the batteries again..The creation she was most proud of was a type of lawn mower that is so safe that it is even small kids could use it. I was taken to a corner where the Criterion Hotel was once standing and here we found the remains of three Burroughs machines, the steel barrel of a small rifle and a gold Eversharp pencil. She had only just given birth, and both she and the baby died in the earthquake,â she says sadly. We climbed over a huge steel girder which had been supporting one of the main portions of the building and was now bent beyond repair. The refugees desired to go to Taradale, a few miles west of Napier, but we could not take the usual road because the main approach was completely destroyed. The end traced a 3D image in various colours. Out of the ashes, Napier's citizens built what they hailed as "the newest city on the globe," modelled on the latest architectural fashions: Stripped Classical, Spanish Mission and, most notably, Art Deco . Remains of Criterion Hotel. Fires then burned much of what remained. His clothes were torn and dirty; he was working in his shirt sleeves; his face had a grim set appearance which was aggravated by the perspiration marks, as it tricked down his grimy face. Three Burroughs machines burnt after the earthquake. She tried to stand up and instantly felt her knees give out. The story's told through the eyes of Napier's Fire Chief . All major North island earthquakes - such as the Napier earthquake of 1931 and the Wairarapa earthquake of 1855 - lead to the land being uplifted by what is known as 'subduction' of the Pacific Plate, which gets squeezed beneath the Indo-Australian Plate. Napier had extensive areas of wetlands, including Ahuriri Lagoon, popular for fishing . Kaia had made her fortune with inventing. He was pinned down by the legs and neck, and although quite conscious, he could not move, but saw the fires approaching rapidly each minute. The official toll for the Hawke's Bay earthquake was 256 dead (including 162 in Napier), 2 unaccounted for, and 400 hospitalised (McGregor, 1998). When she went to get up, she realised that she was lying on her own couch in her own home. It was a strange sight to see a bridge about four feet higher than the road and it would appear that the upward thrust of the earth had pushed the bridge out of its place and the earth had settled under the piles or supports so that it could not get back to its original position. All of the girls who went down the stairs were killed. Here the ground was filled with tents properly laid out and resembling a military camp. There was a bowl of eggs on the floor and strange to say some of them were still unbroken. About a mile past the town we were stopped by a road picket and asked for our passes. Filter: Weak and above. The maximum uplift was 6.4m near Turakirae Head, east of Wellington. At the time of the fire, there were a number of large bags of salt stacked outside the door of the room. Found insideThese stories were solicited by the Ministry of culture and heritage, as part of preparations for the Earth, Sea and Sky theme of Te Ara, the online encyclopedia of New Zealand. Huge expanses of land were pushed up out of the sea. She released the patents for it to the public space. the Hawke's Bay. After making several calls we finally found him in his Son’s garage where the members of the family still remaining in Hastings, had just finished their evening meal. My bed was shaking, with me in it, as my senses switched quickly from slumber to scared awake. In early experiments of the technology it was discovered that human brains do not do well with the instant initial question and reply. After a further short talk about the Banks in general the special constable resumed his place as watchman for the night, and we made our way down the dark streets to where we had left the car. Just as the clock was striking the hour of midnight we entered the city of Palmerston North, having been travelling just over 18 hours and covered nearly 400 miles in the car as well as a few miles walking around the ruined towns. Looks at the history and science of earthquakes in New Zealand. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. We have recovered seventeen bodies but we have not yet searched that portion of the wreckage over there. The marines from Veronica took over police duties and did a splendid job. Nevertheless, it gave me a feeling of insecurity and a peculiar sickening sensation which must be experienced to be understood. The business areas of both towns were reduced to ruins. West Coast police . If you knew your Maori mythology you would know that Rūaumoko is the god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons. Expecting to feel the squat of a small insect body on her skin she felt a miniature syringe-like object that was stuck in her skin. The scene was indescribable. Further along the shore was the Bluff Hill which had fallen into the sea and where there were known to be two or three parties in cars buried for ever. He didn’t even introduce himself..”Kaia inspected the map and recognised the location on the map as somewhere on the sea side of Napier. Nola Manley was one of the survivors who attended a ceremony in Napier today, marking exactly 90 years since the quake. Ben was able to see what Kaia was looking at.“Hmm… That looks like the old square in front of the Sound Shell.. In 1931, during the world's worst economic depression, New Zealand's largest earthquake of the 20th century shook the centre of Napier to rubble. We passed at the foot of a hill which had slipped and saw a cottage overhanging the edge of a drop of about one hundred and fifty feet. We saw some men working with a tractor and a steel cable trying to pull the wreckage of a building apart. The house was tricked out with some impressive tech of her own invention. It was not this invention that she had made her fortune from though. He also represents danger and destruction!”“Ha! Before daylight I was getting the car ready for the trip and took care to place some fruit and biscuits in my bag as well as a rug, as I was told I would probably have to sleep in the car over night. We said “Good-bye” to the owners of the cottage and left them to their difficult task of clearing up and rebuilding their little home. The magnitude of an earthquake is related to the length of the fault on which it occurs. “Yes.” I answered, expecting to get the same call I had been receiving regularly during the past few days since the earthquake, to take my car and meet the refugees at the railway station or boat, and drive them to the Red Cross Depot and afterwards to their billets about the city and suburbs. She came up with a solution to make the climb of that hill with her heavy bag full of books a little easier. "It was the first day of school, February 3rd 1931. In scientific terms, the Kaikōura earthquake was a new phenomenon. When the earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, struck at 10.47 a.m., many buildings in central Napier and Hastings collapsed. She missed it by a hair and in slow motion she saw the package fall. My brother stopped five of them and gathered them together in a doorway until the quake had somewhat subsided. The concrete building in background is burnt and wrecked, although it appears sound in the photograph. In an automatic response she slapped her hand to the spot where had felt the sting, thinking that it must have been a mosquito. These fires provided warmth and light during the hours of the darkness, and such sentry posts were placed at every intersection of the road, the fire being right in the middle. On the lid there was a finger grip that Kaia understood was there to easily slide the lid open and reveal the contents.Anxiously she hooked the edge of the finger grip with her nail and pulled open the lid.It gave way easily enough and a vanilla smell escaped the box. What happened? What a sight! As a silver lining, the rebuild efforts . I have written this book so late in my life because I just did not know enough and perhaps still do not, as you may perceive by my queries and controversial statements throughout. An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred only 6 minutes ago 93 km southwest of Napier City, New Zealand, New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet) reported. Sorry Ben.. Attributed to a Napier hill resident, 4 February 1931. The Union Bank was a brick building and the walls were still standing, although it had been gutted by fire. It kinda was. We went to the main street of the city. His home was wrecked, but he was exceedingly thankful that although many lives had been lost in his premises, yet every member of his family had been saved. Copy. When we reached Dannevirke we saw that the town had been badly shaken and plate glass windows were missing in many places, but there was no structural damage of any consequence. Jeanâs other son Bob (76) and daughter Ruth (67) are delighted to be celebrating such a big milestone with their mother. War’s destruction could never equal this! The Manager’s residence was a portion of the same building and this would be used for the National Bank. The several Banks had agreed upon the community plan in Hastings somewhat similar to what they had decided for Napier, except that in Napier there was no building whatever in which they could commence operations, and there they proposed to erect a galvanised iron building in which all the Banks would be housed. When we reached the boundary we knew we would be stopped by the picket but on this occasion we were prepared. A 99-year-old remembers the struggles in the aftermath of the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931 that shattered and destroyed much of the region. This earthquake killed 1313, with over 400 people injured by the tsunami as far away as Sri Lanka. 5. This time, the orientation of the area and that of her thumb seem to coincide. "OK, this has happened before, it'll be a couple of shakes, then done." (Now in New Zealand for over a year, I've felt a few light earthquakes, mostly people chuckled and . The moment the Kaikoura earthquake struck. A piano was thrown bodily from one side of the room to the other and faced a different direction. It brought Napier to her knees and altered the course of Veronica's routine visit. This region, also the site of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, is particularly geologically active, with three of the 15 biggest known earthquakes having happened here. All that remained of the Burroughs machine used by the Union Bank. A Simuldrama book with resources for teachers to enable role play by primary school students. Nothing was happening. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/02 . Instead, Jean headed for her Sale Street home, worried for her mother, sister and two brothers. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Found insideIn Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island. While she was thinking about ….. the dragonfly look-alike all of a sudden rose a few metres straight up into the sky and sat right in front of the streaming sun such that Kaia was blinded by the bright light and had to close her eyes. Graham Stewart now tells the full story of this interesting tramway This is the story about a provincial tramway system which battled to serve its citizens with the latest form of urban transport in the early years of the 20th century, the ... I have never seen it stylised like this before, but it seems to be the Maori symbol of Rūaumoko..“..“Ah yes.. Sure.. Rūaumoko..”, Kaia was bluffing..“You don’t know who that is right?”, Ben said with a scold..“Who?? Before the earthquake it was the pride of the street with its many glass jars and glass cases of sweets, soda fountain etc. The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, occurred in New Zealand at 10:47 am on 3 February, killing 256, injuring thousands and devastating the Hawke's Bay region. Olaf Johnson (Baldr) says that he is 92 years old, so born around 1919. Yes, it was depressing; it was nauseating in every sense of the word; there were sights which sickened and there was the poisonous atmosphere in places where sewer gas was coming into the streets. The main cause of death from the earthquake was the . The low tones were thumping at a steady beat.Her house was located just off Paradise Road, a beautiful little valley street that climbed straight onto the Napier hill. 2. Napier and Hastings were hit the hardest by the 7.8 magnitude quake, which took the lives of at least 256 people - some unofficial accounts place the number at around 258. 1865 Self-reliant policy introduced by Frederick Weld's ministry led to the gradual withdrawal of imperial troops from New Zealand. Although the later Murchison and Napier earthquakes claimed more lives, neither created the geological upheaval wrought by the Wairarapa earthquake of 1855. When the shock had subsided they decided to rescue the cash and ledgers, and when this was successfully completed they closed the strong room door as far as it would go and then got out their three adding machines which were still in a corner absolutely untouched. Directing the workers and doing more than his share was a policeman. Very close to the Soundshell. The Earthquake. Hawke's Bay earthquake. The city fell silent at 12:51pm in . Marking a century and three years is just another day for the great-great-grandmother. Considering how big the population was at the time a large amount of the population had friends or family in napier and hastings and so for manny . He then became talkative, and as he thought the photographs would appear in the press he was pleased to be included in the picture. It did not take very long to have a bath and get to bed. I witnessed the Napier earthquake. But incoming one-way messages normally would be uploaded directly and instantly into brains.The light based hologram unfolded itself further and the man initiated to voice the message was recorded with. Contacting now.”After some pacing around she heard the familiar voice of Ben come online.“Hiya Kaia.. What’s up?”“Hi Ben.. Hope I am not interrupting anything.. The . Some of the girls rushed out to run down the stairs. Then she had a random thought. We got into the car and with a heart full of sympathy for those thousands who had suffered loss of friends, relatives, or property, and were still homeless, we drove towards Hastings. She was a big fan of early late 20th century comic strips with all of its futuristic tech. A maximum of 100 earthquakes are displayed. The quake was centred 10km south-east of the city at a depth of 5km. The concrete walls of the National Bank which was close by were still standing, but they had been damaged and the fire had been completely through the building. Here we were given another cup of tea and we made the best of this for we knew it was going to be the last on the journey. That salt kept the fire at bay, and as the bags burnt the salt tumbled down and put the fire out, and thus the explosives were left intact. Very interesting really to see how much the land rose due to the earth quake.”Kaia thought for a moment and was quiet.Ben asked: “You sure you’re okay Kaia? We ask you to contribute to GNS Science research by filling in the following earthquake survey. This was a good illustration of what bricks built with cement mortar will stand. Frequently updated list and interactive map, updates, links and background info. During the trip the refugees had given us an interesting account of their experience and from this part onwards they were able to point out much damage to property. These were all voluntary police drawn from the citizens and consisted of almost every trade and profession. A big thud was all the noise that it made. The walk will focus on how the earthquake affected Napier City. But Kaia liked initiating command by speaking. These were all that remained of the whole of Mr. Armstrong’s personal effects and consignment machines. And she hadn’t seen anyone dropping it off either. We then drove on to Napier. This was one of the worst death-traps in the whole district and it was nothing short of miraculous that so many could escape with their lives. Remains of what was once a beautiful home. Before we reached Waipukurau we were able to see the full effects of the earthquake. On 22 February 2011, at 12:51 pm, Christchurch was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake. Arrival at Taradale with the men returning and Mr. Armstrong. It was cold to the touch but she could feel that the material absorbed her body heat quickly like a metal would. The Napier earthquake remains New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster - 256 people were killed. 3. Tin Town On 17 February, a moratorium was placed on the rebuilding of any business premises until further notice, in order to allow time for the rational planning of a new CBD for Napier (McGregor . In central Napier Bill was killed in a great hurry miles ) from Napier in New Zealand piano... 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