THE TAUPO LANDSLIDE.
-MAORI'S DASH FOR LIFE. A HUGE TIDAL WAVE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. Further particulars of the landslide at Waihi show that Tamaiwhana, among others, was making a wild rush for safer ground when a big boulder struck him and knocked him down. He recovered himself and renewed his flight, but the body of the landslip overtook him in a few seconds, and lie was overwhelmed. The last seen of him was his legs dangling out of slushy mud. A young woman named Hoko just managed to get clear of the path of the slide, and then sank senseless, and was removed to safety. As the mass pitched into the lake a tidal wave rose some ten feet and swept the opposite shore, where some children were plavmg. They were swept off their feet, and were rescued by adults with some difficulty. All the boats and canoes on the lake were washed away. The natives all left the village and took, refuse at Pukawa. The slip started 1000 feet above the lake level, a mile and a-half from the shore. Walls are cut nut nf the country 200 feet deep, and mud 30. feet deen covers the road from Tokaanu to Waihi.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 346, 23 March 1910, Page 5
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205THE TAUPO LANDSLIDE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 346, 23 March 1910, Page 5
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