Earthquake at Cheviot.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11820, 18 November 1901, Page 2

Earthquake at Cheviot.

A DISASTROUS VISITATION.

THE TOWN A HEAP OF RT?JNS, (Per Press Association). ,* Christchurch, November ,16.— An interview with a gentleman who had come through to JRangiora- fr#ni' the Cheviot to-day, showed "that • ther earthquake at the latter" place" Had been most disastrous. There, -is hardly a house habitable ,in the.^ownship, and the damage is f variously, estimated at from ',£,10,000 to £20,000. Every chimney in the settle* ment is down, not' a single one standing. • / The first shock was so severe^ that people were thrown to tne ground in an directions. The child -.killed was only r two months old*, and belonged to Mr Charles "Johnston. Tjhe family lived in a sod house, with an iron roof, and on toe 4irst shock the, whole . structure collapsed, the .child being Recovered de.ad.frpm "the ruins, The body of Dr. " Williamson, /Wfao . died a few days prevfoiisjy, , was thrown feom the coffin aud the house was much damaged:* . r „ . . „ The township looks r as, vthdi)^ lit Wad been through., a:,bombafcd^ent\, P# nber_they_'s . large . ':boar.dinjgSpuSa h J??T com^ etel y - )e .-d f ,r^w!tf3 " . • -hotel was so damaged will have to be rebuilt. 1 JB£cTak«ai't'9 . butchery 'shop, wnicn Was'-fiSat of prick. 73 simply a' heap of .ruins ' Hair & Cbl.^«Si^h£ ': been removed completely from its reffise No' return to th^ii?, 4wel{i«gs Jr j :An d are camped in;thfe 7 bp>a. ,The andRoadg^ &re tne schoolhousei &t ■ Pdrt ,soji is wueckodi ' ' r i. i ptj-.;- ' J The Telegraph Office suffered VferSnseverely, all the JnstruinehtS' beibgj smashed and everythlngfloverjairheci. To illustrate the foticfe-'of tntS^shtfck, heavy, iirori plates mv the - 'Offlce vfeva overturned, l'j' .'■ vi-i/I; -.rrti • -i : JThe sho^k. was; most severely" 'felt itf Mackenzie and Spottiswoodv^ At Domett houses' "tv'ere sbaken' and chimneys thrown" down. « 7j, :w ■'. > Wheti the -last iitfdrmSiEion^' cam¥ from Cheviot dt!iß p'vm.; shocks were -stitill continuing. •■; . - irr, •> -j At .Waiau and "Tipap4 thVsHaking 1 was.felt severely. ■♦ . f -^ T -'.H. r.n ,' SAt^Wai^ari-.a lot 6f damage^ 'was ' done. - j, . ■ t ■ ■ -,><" ■«•• -»^-' .. The: heaviest losers are* McDowell; stwirekeeper .••Kerinode.-hotdlkeeper I MbNaag^ saddlery AVhite' W-flo.! '• ■ ; and LoqnerV '.'h<ftel^ - keeper: - The vicarage- 3 of; 3 i ihb -Church of England fs 'almostih Wtfai*'^ ' 'Several women 'fainted - panjc.-;3'" ■• i- -•> v ' .'•"-■ :-;'n,'xjr'^r;-. v ; I THE DAMAGRIN CHRIST-" * THE NORMAL tSCHOOIi ',;,( ! ,")itt ■f-iDAMASiaD'.K.oPi V 954, ...:.' 'Mr Fart", thef'obsferVeir "at?-'tH^ilii&i o " uetic Observatory? m'- T CnHs"tcfturch^ J reports that at 'least twfelve> di^u • t&ct shocks were 'recbrdetf J t>etweea ' nOon and midnight on Saturday;; -'i&d - between 7.30 p.m. - an<l l'O.^O v'pin, tne ground was evidently ; ifi'a r odnstant state- of vibration: • v '•-■ V ; r The heavy shock on Saturday inprning threw one, of-tho- three instruments out of gear .^y'-7 ?^I/ Beyond the injury^fo the, Cathedral spire -the damage' to. the build- - ing is not considerable. < Several , house chimneys, fell, arid the tank un-, der the roof of the DaiC. Overflowed and damaged goods, two 'storie> ' fee*- - iIQWI It was feared, that tWatvdjaU's ' sn^w buildmg at the, corner oXJltgh , and Cashel-sstreets had .gone roux", of plumb,, but experts state x ia '■ not the case.j the, , only, apparent damage being a crack in a small chim-' *ey. ( . At .the Norm^L^cho^ v&iqlti is, built „on peaty ground,. . several' -eifacks noticeable, on Ttiie.', out- < side, walls. . , One jcradc jni the northern gable, though no ; t seripusLseema * to show .tha,t but lor .tb.e;i>u£|ressea . trie whole^wall wouldlmWlfiatea; 9 A7 bmtdeT-~e^E!nmt6S^tHai it will take £800 to repair the Cathe* colly as on ttie previous, occasion. PEOPE,B t^VS -S^ci-et^iry, ofnthe ,GeneraliEost?./JOmee -has i received , the * f ollocwin^ <(t©legram> r from. -the ; ipostma»terfi\fit ■■- dated- ,tb.is>, morning' ,at - 8.40 V^l^t- .-, er|al Additional shocks' bf earthtiifciiro > have -been Aeli, sin.cc . ,my^ last • reoprt i, exceedingly '■ seve¥e- : in4ttWift %Bffl Jn&i 1 hid a very alarmingf/eiftct- upon t£» injiabltantsi ;- A of^ ktieao sliocks ihasni>TOv« l !tte&£qpeQiH > bi>£i*xw enteringAitaneSM^iHeHlpgs^ ahdfohus^ > ■» n^ht WQnjgn7aga.inijrteefSn.ldie vtm&ju> au- v It^ is impossible. ; Ito «e«tin«Btev gM, here, f but : iavtstSgaitfttn* f>f| 'representatives^ of /newspapersllcau^ 1 [me to concluder.that. maj*yv>*9etipi& v Me ruined, and tba&jMKOrniQiis ;«ums> > 1 re A later WsSiage ( v daWd"'9^d l ft'm ?ay^ ( :S£WA tremendous \~S6fi currod' 7 €tt' > 9 o'cldek*'thl9 mobM&f ■ most equal in force, 'to /the^reaV ; • "let m/> aud ' P9C?^ Ql>ft ?"^ ( » re PP a M n » ** [of the disturbance apjpoars;. to* have ' .b(Hin in^ilw I^keTTSuiilDi^disE6ffct, l]he mftxin^\u^. vibraAicias 7 Jtt3ted for t*o ! »74numtes.j v3mwsiwlckw. t |««up l wjithout. any >wajningua,t}7*47Ji •on; 2 >i> and the vibration which ;c<Mistitut^l t ./ tlie .earthquake nrapeir-^cntcjon Iqt " 9| minutes7^La^feaoiS'%el*'iA*' '■' [for 7» ifliinutesv a»<i - JstaiOl ;.tiremor» ! wbre igoing q%. kaH SatuirdayO j-,ight jup -fcijl. 10, at night, when Jtf r übgben ;cUt ,-the recqi;d pa^^ /^Phe „ iWopk of, stone. on which th^jaeisnjOr. ., rtneier stands was slightly iiljfed^tjp- . wprds the west, ancL"JMr" s JBtofeßfen "' says that if the ttli were general throughoufc/iithe^colooj^^-trhidto. ha thinks improbable,- .it^ would - mean tnat the wes^ coast yWpuld- junk* sjbc inches and tha^ the east coa&t would be raised throb Inches: "•''■*■ „ Chcistchurch;" ! Niivenib.6r.{: I6M-Ao* cording to telegrainsA^layligti't found ' Cheviot moie demoralised thkn'eyer. The resideuts were in, the opim. fi «ir f > all night» . SeveraJL moreiji&oc^s /<«; curr-«4 this \;inq^i^,. .Uui'd. a ! genefal ejßodu.s., of wptnen 'Stiff , «bildriii ; W r ChrMchurcV • W&tfJ&i/flffid father places feet iri frojfck the^dfeieiicts^otind ' Chevibt. - V ■>-••' -^ [News csnifnues to 'bo. «todfved ' off , devas^rton and loss. r 'The I^teieh- 1 T dpu», shock of this mbrMnk iausetf >&'* Pfcnfc; ; am'qne the ! .Cheviot" Pj*ift^r ' who are pr6par'ittgHb,'l«itfft"ia i t lat**-- > numbers.' '• ' *'* '' ifi:'i^r . ■ ■ S^aner* ! Whocks; t »H*earth i ''ttemoW ' are felt every ' fewirfhutes,',U|rt:ejK' mingled wUi» more . severfr-^-'tdnVfiff-'' sionsr' - " •' ■''iir^' Vt^ r Th* position is bgcominß' alc^rttintv* frosh.^cracks'.'and' fissures -• opening up in the ,gr%>^iid\ "- *"'■• " -