TARAWERA ERUPTION
SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY It was 60 years on Monday since the great Tarawera eruption. Mr. VV. B, Nicholson, of Lower Hutt, who was living at Opotiki, 4 7 miles from Tarawera, at the time, told the thrilling story over the air on Monday night. The eruption started at 1 a.m., and for many miles around people had an awe-inspiring experience, with thunder, lightning and weird rumblings. Ash covered everything inches deep. It was pitch dark until 11 a.m., when the "dawn" came. Later willows were cut down to provide feed for the starving stoc'\
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Hutt News, Volume 21, Issue 2, 12 June 1946, Page 7
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95TARAWERA ERUPTION Hutt News, Volume 21, Issue 2, 12 June 1946, Page 7
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