HILL SLIPS OR HOUSE.
walls dbxtiv dwaxo. SETTLER'S MISFOBTUNE. (Br Tdegimpk-Own Component) OPOTTKI, Friday. Part of a hillside tfippsi down en to Mr. G. H. Martin's house at WupUU at I o'clock in the The earth, loosened by heavy rain, struck the boose with terrific fore*. On rashing-oat, Mr. Martin fonnd that the kitchen door "had been driven in, sad the floor of the. noes was turned halfway acrosawith day 9ft deep. - . The bade wall of the loose was driven fat and also a partition of the roan in whieh children wtn sleeping. The children escaped injury, although their beds, which were agaiast the wall, were damaged. Home blocks were bumped out of position several «*»« Neighbours have come to Mr. Martin's assistance and are carting the debris away in drays.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 208, 3 September 1927, Page 11
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HILL SLIPS OR HOUSE.
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 208, 3 September 1927, Page 11
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