EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
OFFICIAL FIGURES
260 VERIFIED DEATHS
According to figures supplied by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. G. Wohlmann, 260 people lost their lives in tho Hawkes Bay earthquake, and 537 were treated in hospitals for injuries. Tho details of Hie casualties arc as follows:— KILLED. Identified. Napier ."... 105 Greenmcadovvs 14 Taradalo ■, ............. .51 Havelock North 2 Hastings. 80. . Wairoa1 3 Total ...v.... 213 Unidentified. Napier 26 Hastings ............... 6 Subsequent deaths in hospitals 15 Total verified deaths . 260
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 31 March 1931, Page 10
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78EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 31 March 1931, Page 10
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