VES A TRAIL OF RUIN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 330, 17 September 1932, Page 5

VES A TRAIL OF RUIN

kairoa business area completely wrecked ISBORNE BADLY SHAKEN 3nsive damage reported fore 1.30 o'clock yesterday morning, the towns of Wairoa ie and the whole of the East Coast district suffered mage from a severe and prolonged earthquake shock. received the full force of the shock and practically the e business area of the town is damaged. It is reported mr of the larger business buildings escaped. The plight , is stated to be worse than after the Napier 'quake, , suffered severely. jjce was accompanied by heavy booming reports similar ich marked the Murchison disaster and occurring in the ht, caused consternation. ■rable damage is reported in the country districts, but s shock was felt sharply in the Bay of Plenty and to a >nt in other parts of the North Island, the niajor damage to the East Coast. Napier and Hastings report only bances. alities are reported but two men and a woman were Wairoa. At Gisborne a man was injured while making from a building. ergency committee has been set up at Wairoa and a bealready been made in clearing the debris. Late last night :e still being felt in Gisborne and Wairoa, image in Gisborne is not so extensive as at Wairoa, but serious. Several buildings were damaged, while the post tower and the gable of the Anglican Church were badly „ large. number of chimneys are down and many windows have opened in the roads in the vicinity of Wairoa and 3c bridge was wrecked. However, although the new traffic dly twisted, road communication has not been broken.