LANDSLIDE TOLL
HOMESTEAD DAMAGED PARTLY ENGULFED MIDNIGHT ORDEAL HEIGHT OF STORM (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Descending from the hilt behind with a deafening roar, an. enormous landslide of many thousands of tons, p: rtially engulfed the homestead of Mr. E. L. Riddiford, at Orongorongo, late on Tuesday night when a rainstorm was at its height. The rear wall of the house did not fall, but rubble and silt poured in through broken windows and doors. Mr. Riddiford's beautiful garden, one of the finest in the Wellington district, was largely ruined by silt spreading over a wide area.
The landslide occurred without warning at about 11.30 p.m., Mr. and Mrs. Riddiford, their small daughter and other occupants of the house receiving a rude awakening. The servants, whose quarters were at the back of the house, had a terrifying experience. Debris piled up in their rooms to within an inch or two of the tops of the windows. Silt accumulated throughout’ the house in some places to a depth of a foot and water poured straight through and out the front door.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20132, 29 December 1939, Page 9
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182LANDSLIDE TOLL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20132, 29 December 1939, Page 9
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