STORM-RUINED HOMES
MR. ATMORE’S INSPECTION [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NELSON, April 21. Mr. Atmore, M.P., who was accompanied by a public works engineer, in making an inspection of the ruined homes on the narrow strip of country running across Admiralty Bay, into Pelorus Sound, says that previous reports, far from exaggerating the extent of the damage, were, if anything, underestimated, and it is obvious that Government assistance will be needed, if the homes affected are to be replaced so that the settlers may be restored to their former . productive capacity. / At St. Kilda, the homestead of the late Robert King Turner, it is estimated that from 15,000 to 20,000 tons of boulders came rushing down on to the small residential area, and the sheep pens, for instance, were covered to a depth of five feet. The house and sheds were bodly smashed, the orchard covered oyer, and the new residence badly distorted. Mr. Atmore says that if the cloudburst had fallen late at night, instead of early in the evening, the inmates could not possibly have escaped with their lives."’
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 April 1938, Page 7
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