The inhabitants of Te Wairoa (top left) passed through a terrible ordeal during the early hours of the Tarawera eruption on June 10, 1886, fifty-one years ago to-day, when a great area of the surrounding country was laid waste On the right is a view of the same country after the eruption, when Te Wairoa had ceased to exist as a village The White Terraces (above) were destroyed, with the equally famous Pink Terraces. Refugees from Te Wairoa sought shelter from the fearful showers of mud and stones in the whar e of the Native guide Sophia (top right)
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 123, 10 June 1937, Page 9
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99The inhabitants of Te Wairoa (top left) passed through a terrible ordeal during the early hours of the Tarawera eruption on June 10, 1886, fifty-one years ago to-day, when a great area of the surrounding country was laid waste On the right is a view of the same country after the eruption, when Te Wairoa had ceased to exist as a village The White Terraces (above) were destroyed, with the equally famous Pink Terraces. Refugees from Te Wairoa sought shelter from the fearful showers of mud and stones in the whar e of the Native guide Sophia (top right) Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 123, 10 June 1937, Page 9
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