WORK OF DEMOLITION
PRELUDE TO FINAL SEAECH
(By "The Post's" Special Reporter.) NAPIER, sth February.1 Considerable risks were taken by th« parties of men-o'-warsmen in demolishing the remains of tall buildings. The . unsupported walls swayed dangerously, with every quiver of the ground. The method used was to place a grapnel with the aid of the fire brigade's ladder, and then to tail on to the lope with whatever assistance could be obtained fronts passers-by, provided that the spot wat . a safe one. ■ . ' : ■ 1 Gradually the jagged standing fragments of business premises are disappearing, but to-morrow dynamite ; will be more extensively used, and it will be i safer for the men concerned. There is a great deal of demolition to be done before it will be safe to systematically remove the debris and maki. the final search for the bodies of those for whom all hope ceased long ago. One of the buildings to be dynamited at daybreak is Dr. Moore's hospital, next to the Hawkes Bay Club, which it at present menaces.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1931, Page 10
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172WORK OF DEMOLITION Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1931, Page 10
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