RAILWAY TWISTED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) FOXTON, This Day. The severest earthquake in the history of Foxton occurred at 11.4S last night, when considerable damage was done to chimneys ami the contents of houses. No injured are reported. The business area is strewn with glass from plate-glass windows, hardly a shop escaping damage. The Town Hall -was seriously damaged, the top of the back brick wall being cracked and crumpled. The railway line was twisted and rails were disconnected in several places. The goods shed dropped about a foot on the west side, and cracks occurred along the wharf frontage. Campers had an unenviable experience. Water swept up the old river fiat within a few seconds, forcing them to seek refuge on the sandhills where they spent the night. Houses are not greatly damaged but the occupants had a terrifying es l porience. The Whirokino Bridge on the "Welling-ton-Auckland main highway is unsafe for traffic. The approaches of the Shannon Bridge on the Foxton-Shanuon highway were raised six inches, but the bridge* is safe for traffic. The weather is boisterous.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 55, 6 March 1934, Page 8
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179RAILWAY TWISTED Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 55, 6 March 1934, Page 8
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