EARTHQUAKE DEAD
(Press. Assn. — By
NAPIER MEMORIAL
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NAPIER, Tuesday. In order to preserve the memory of the victims of the earthquake, Napier intends erecting a memorial for the common grave at the Park Island Cemetery in which they were interred. Plans were prepared by the associated architects of the town and the result has been a very impressive design. The site is a fine one on the brow of a hill, lending itself well to the treatment proposed by the designers of th.e memorial. A cenotaph will be a feature of the laying out of the site. It is proposed to appeal to the public for the money to pay for the memorial. At present the site is grass covered, and small crosses commemorate those buried there. There were 82 people buried in the common grave and of that number 17 were never identified.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 252, 15 June 1932, Page 4
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