A shock which occurred in Napier at 1.30 this afternoon brought down another large portion of the Bluff Hill and caused the walls of the ruined business area to totter. Minor injuries were sustained by men working on the demolitions ...
Article : 389 wordsA fire broke out on Thursday morning several miles from the ranges on the north side of Inman Valley, and, aided by a strong north wind, made ...
Article : 186 wordsWellington, February 15. Builders and architects at Napier estimate the damage to buildings in both towns at ...
Article : 51 wordsThe New Zealand Trade Commissioner in Sydney (Mr. Schmidt) has received a cable message from the Prime ...
Article : 456 wordsThe ore alarm was sounded at 1 p.m. last Thursday. A fierce fire was raging in the scrub north of Glencoe East. About 150 men gathered and fought ...
Article : 80 wordsSo violent were the vibrations recorded on the seismograph at the Observatory at Riverview that the recording pens were thrown off the sheet. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 93 wordsThree times in one day last week the system of fire control in operation at the Government forest at Mount Burr prevented what might have been a ...
Article : 165 wordsThe New Zealand earthquake relief fund has reached £19,692. Subscribers include the Bank of England, £1,000; Anonymous, N. M. Rothschild and son ...
Article : 58 wordsThousands of Australian wild game have flocked to Northern Australia, which has had its first real rain for nine years. The resident magistrate of ...
Article : 309 wordsMount Compass was menaced on Thursday by a bush fire, which approached the township from the north, and reached the holdings of Messrs. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe latest reports from the earthquake area show that there have been no more serious shocks and no additional damage to that already reported. Napier and Hastings have been so badly wrecked that the later shakes, even if severe, would hardly be able to create further havoc. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 81 wordsThere was another sharp shock at Napier at 9 o'clock to-night. A fair-sized slip occurred at Colenso Hill. Employes of the Napier Gas ...
Article : 115 wordsAnother fire broke out four miles north of Farrell's Flat on land owned by Mr. M. Humphreys. This is the third outbreak on his property during ...
Article : 43 wordsBush fires have burnt over a large area of country at the western end of Kangaroo Island. One of the fires started near the mouth of Rocky River. ...
Article : 156 wordsWaipukurau, the centre of the earthquake distribution area, reports an occasionally heavy shake this afternoon. The buildings rocked ominously, but ...
Article : 93 wordsThe efficiency and value of the light aeroplane is becoming acknowledged in, every country in the world, said Mr. F. E. N. St. Barbe, business manager of ...
Article : 197 wordsThe boom which carries the needle on the seismograph at the Adelaide Observatory yesterday went to its full displacement—6 inches from its ...
Article : 180 wordsMr. Cyril Edward Lenthall, of Sherlock, was found dead at Buccleuch siding on the Pinnaroo line on Friday morning. ...
Article : 158 wordssir Edgeworth David, when informed that severe shocks had been felt in Wellington, said—"I have been apprehensive for years of what might happen ...
Article : 104 wordsThe following list of additional names of persons killed in the earthquake has been received by the New Zealand Trade Commissioner (Mr. ...
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Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Thu 19 Feb 1931, Page 46
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