When the earthquake of last June Shattered the walls of Nelson College so badly, souvenir hunters were soon busy among the fallen masonry. According to'the college magazine, those who did not happen lo be among the lucky ones when the. flagpole was divided lip. sought- mot I os, badges, and barrels of Snider rifles. These last, which were used as girders to reinforce the concrete, are becoming quite historical, for they are the remains of rifles found among the ashes in the college armory when the building was destroyed bv fire in 1004.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17178, 7 February 1930, Page 5
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