GREYTOWN HARD HIT
HEAVY DAMAGE TO MANY BUILDINGS NEARLY EVERY CHIMNEY LEVEL WITH ROOF. SCENES OF HAVOC IN SHOPS. Greytown was hard hit by the earthquake. The whole of the brick front of the W.F.C.A. building fell into the street, as did that at the premises of W. H. Day, Ltd. The Permanent Investment Loan Association’s brick building was badly damaged. At the Bank of New Zealand a chimney crashed through the roof into a sitting room. The brick front of the gasworks collapsed and at the hospital chimneys were damaged. Nearly every chimney in the town is level with the roof, at the school all the chimneys were damaged and the school is closed today. Minor damage was done to the Post Office. The hotel bars are a mass of broken bottles and glassware. The premises and stock of Mr A. G. Peterson, chemist, were badly damaged. MILITARY MOUNT GUARD. Shortly after the earthquake struck Greytown the Army offered its assistance which was gladly availed of, and soldiers mounted guard all night in the business area.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1942, Page 3
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