RIGHT: A violent earthquake rocked Canterbury on the morning of November 16, 1901. Cheviot was worst hit. A baby died under a crumbling wall and many of the town’s buildings were badly damaged. The pictures show the rear of McTaggart’s butchery (upper) and the wrecked kitchen and scullery of Penberthy’s Hotel where, the caption said, “a 400gallon water tank did the mischief."
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33941, 6 September 1975, Page 12
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62RIGHT: A violent earthquake rocked Canterbury on the morning of November 16, 1901. Cheviot was worst hit. A baby died under a crumbling wall and many of the town’s buildings were badly damaged. The pictures show the rear of McTaggart’s butchery (upper) and the wrecked kitchen and scullery of Penberthy’s Hotel where, the caption said, “a 400- gallon water tank did the mischief." Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33941, 6 September 1975, Page 12
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