PLANE VISITS KARAMEA

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1929, Page 5

PLANE VISITS KARAMEA

WESTPORT, Juno 21. Captain Burrell wont to Karamea bv aeroplane to-day. lie brought Mr McLean, the County Chairman, to Westport, to attend tiie Hospital Board meeting this evening, and the County Council meeting to-morrow. Captain Burrell goes to Karamea to-morrow, taking with him serum for diphtheria eases. EARTHQUAKE VICTIM-. LATE Mil C. 0. MOREL. '! he funeral of ,Air C. G. Morel, who was killed at -Murchison by the earthquake, took place in the Murchison Cemetery on Wednesday.

The late Mr Morel, who was 79 years of -age, was horn at Charleston, Nelson, and was taken to Murchison by his parents at a very early age. Later ! he took up farming, residing there until the time of his death. He was married two years ago, and leaves a widow. Three of his brothers are still living—Mr A. E. Morel, who is farming at Kuinara, Mr L. H. -Morel, formerly of Koiterangi, who is at the Mount Pleasant Rest House, and another brother who is farming at Tutaki. The late Mr Morel also leaves a sister, Mrs Rage, of Brightwater, Nelson, lie was chairman of the butter factory at Murchison for the last ten years and chairman of the lime works. lie was well known in the district, being a prominent settler. DISTRICT ENGINEER. Mr T. A. Johnston, District Engineer of Public "Works, yesterday made the journey to Westport from Greymouth by way of the Buller Gorge. He reports that the Gorge road is now open for motor traffic. He has ascertained that there have been no casualties at liny olf the Public Works camps in the Gorge, every man being accounted for.

Mr J. McNair, District Engineer of Railways, has returned to Greymouth from Westport.

KARA.ME A DAMAGE

Karamea district is going to take many a day to recover fully from the destruction which the earthquakes have left in their wake. The road between Corbyvale and Happy Valley Saddle is impassable, while Glass-eye bridge is covered up and Hell’s Gate is impassable, except by crawling over or through it. From Corbyvale to the Bluff there is a succession of vast slips, and the gullies are all practically filled in. In many places there is not much more than a few chains of road, and even that is all sunken and cracked. In many places the road has disappeared completely, there being a long continuous slip from the top of the hill to the (foot of the gully. There are some places where one finds a continuation ;of Toad from 10 to 20 feet below.