NO RAIN SINCE 1925
AND NOT WANTED. “If rain fell on the coastal region of Peru it would be as disastrous to the people there as an earthquake would be in New Zealand,” remarked Dr. Herbert Money on Tuesday on his return to Christchurch after teaching in Lima since 1927, states the Press. “The houses are built of sunbaked brick, and the roofs are of dried mud supported by beams, so that rain would cause the houses to dissolve. The last time it rained was in 1925, and then many persons were made homeless, the railways were washed away, and tremendous damage was done to power houses and other works. The people are not anxious for a repetition of such a disaster.”
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4460, 21 October 1933, Page 5
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122NO RAIN SINCE 1925 King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4460, 21 October 1933, Page 5
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