THE HUGE LANDSLIDE.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12750, 23 March 1910, Page 4

THE HUGE LANDSLIDE.

FURTHER DETAILS. [United Press Association.] ■> Auckland, March 22. . Further particulars of the landslide at Waihi (Taupo) show that Wi Tamaiwhaua, who was killed in the landslide, among others was miking a wild rush for -safer ground, when a big boulder struck Mm and knocked him down. He recovered hiuself, and renewed his flight; but the t ody of the landslide overtook him,, arir in a few seconds he was overwhelmec . The last seen, of him was his legs, da lgling out of slushy nvud. " : A j'oung woman named Mokb just managed to get clear of tl.e path of the slide, and sank to the .ground senseless. She was removed to safety. . As the mass of earth pitched -into the lake a tidal wave rose some ten feet, and swept to the opposite shore, where some children were playing. 'The children were swept off their feet, but were rescued by adults with some difficulty. , All the boatg, and canoes on the lake were washed away. The (natives all left the village and took refuge at Pukawa. The landslip started 1000 feet above the lake le.vol, a mile and a half from the shore. Walls are cut out of the country 200 feet deep and the mud as 30 feet deep, covering the road from Tokaanu to Waihi.