RUINED HOMES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 21 April 1938, Page 8

RUINED HOMES

IN ADMIRALTY BAY MR ATMOIIE’S INSPECTION. Per Press Associa-tion. NELSON, April 21. Mr H. Atmore, M.P., who, accompanied by a public works engineer, is making an inspection of the ruined homes on the narrow strip, of country running across Admiralty Bay into Pelorus Sound, says: “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 eheep pens, for instance, were covered to a depth of sft. The house and sheds were badly smashed and the orchard was covered over. The new residence was badly distorted.” • , . Mr Atmore says that if the cloiidburst had fallen late in the night instead of early in the evening the inmates could not possible have escaped with their lives.