BIG FALL OF ROCK

Grey River Argus, 1 August 1935, Page 5

BIG FALL OF ROCK

an NAPIER BREAKWATER Walf of. !ator Twenty Thousand Tons land rda “ nb( ( Per Press Association.) , SS( HASTINGS. July 31. Portion of the cliff face overlooking the Napier Breakwater slipped alown on to the road am! on to 'the •newly-constructed rai way yards this : morning. The fall way :it about four o ’clock. The amount of debris in the slip is estimated to be about 'twinly tnousand i tons. Its depth is about twenty feet in places and its ex’tent is about' one hundred yards. ■On account of t'he eary hour of the | slip there warf nobody ii the vicinity nt the lime. The damage doup will not be ascertainable until the niateril which covers part of the breakwater contractors’ p’ant. is cleared away. Apart from thisi little other damage was done, except for the t’isting of 'the railway -lines, and for iijonvenience Vo the working of the port The clearing of the s'p was in pro gross all day. .and will be continued to-night and it ist expeted that one railway line will be read for work tomorrow morning. The Wainui was to life worked the port 1 this morning. but,"ii account of the conditions, she let for Gisborne with her Napier cargo till on board She is to return to-mrow for discharge. It is expected to takehree weeks or a month completely to tear the slip. I but this time may be le’ened u negotiations are completed th the Pubbc Works Department for ie use of sev ; a’ steam navvies.