HUGE UPTHRUST
NAPIER LAGOON BECOMES DBY LAMP. [By Telegraph, Per Press Association. NAPIER, February 11. The Inner Harbour, which extends from Greenmeadows to Bay View, a distance of over six miles, by four miles wide (which must not be confused with the part of that area called the Inner Harbour Scheme) has been so raised that it is now possible to walk from end to end of it without encountering sufficient water to stop one’s progress. Before the shake this area ranged from a few inches of water at the ends to a depth of sixteen feet in places in the centre. It is now feared that the boating and bathing facilities in this harbour have now ceased for ever, but on the other hand it is believed that it will soon be possible to add tile whole of the area, to the map as land, and not as water.
This area was one of the show places of Napier and was the holiday resort of many people from all over Hawke’s Bay, and even further afield. The area sprang in a year Into great popularity, and many houses had recently been, erected on its shores. HILLS BROKEN UP. EXPECTED TO FILL UP VALLEY. NAPIER, February 11. Inspection of the hill country within a. few miles of Napier, extending north a distance of thirty miles reveals the fact that the district is faced with more trouble. The hills are so cracked and broken that the first heavy rain must send them hurtling into the valleys. The area affected extends only Imm a few miles west of Taradnle along the western side of tljo Inner Harbour, and on to Waikari. It is thought that the damage really extends to Wairoa, hut confirmation of this is so far lacking. The roads are in a shocking state. The East Coast railway stood the shock better than was expected, and all the viaducts are standing, hut the track is twisted and torn. Waikari Gorge is reported to have ceased to exist, and this fate threatens most of the valleys and gorges in the district outlined above. ORIGIN OF QUAKE. 40 MILES NORTH OF NAPIER. NAPIER, February ]l. Air H. F. Baird, of the Afagnetie Observatory at Christchurch, has made an inspection of the country by plane. He included the whole coast-line, from Cape Kidnappers to Wairoa. Tn his opinion the origin of the earthquake was to seaward, off Waikari, approximately forty miles to the north ol Napier. AIV Baird noted all of the of the coast and the hills are displaying slips, including small ones at the end of Cape Kidnappers to the largest near Waikari and further small ones to beyond Wairoa. He asserts that the last one was a mile long by half a mile broad, and it fell into the sea. It was similar to those at Alurchison, which the observer also inspected. From that point, the strength and force of the movement gradually weakened. until there were no visible signs of recent earth slides inland. He found that the greatest force had been exerted near the Inner Harbour, and the land there had apparently been raised considerably; but the great severity of the movement had failed considerably at Hakowhai, a small picnic spot, ten miles west of Napier, and the force had rapidly diminished as it spread to the country further inland.
He opined that a further considerable lift bad been caused in the hills west of the Inner Harbour . The country near the Waikara Lagoon on the coast, a few miles north of Wairoa," appeared to have fallen, because the water from the lagoon was running over grassland there. There were considerable signs of a depression in that area.
RISING OF THE LAND
ONE OF SEVEN FEET FOR MILES. HARBOUR NOT RUINED. WELLINGTON, February 11. Asked as to the actual rise in tincase of the Napier harbour bottom, Mr Furkort (Chief Engineer of the Public Works) said that the rise was seven feet. He said that this rise was a general one for miles. There was no question, however, of Napier Harbour being out of business. The “Veronica,” drawing thirteen feet, had got out. and though money would have to be spent, the harbour was still a harbour that could be made use of. The breakwater was not. damaged at all, with the exception of : few cracks, but the breakwater wharf was damaged, though not irreparable.
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