THE EXODUS FROM CHEVIOT.
LAST NIGHT'S ARRIVALS. Several ladies and a number of young children came down last night from Cheviot by the north train. Being, however, "'hostages to fortune," otherwise wives and' mothers, they will ultimately return to the district as soon as their damaged dwellings have, bc«n again rendered habitable. Ibey express themselves as devoutly thankful to have escaped with their lives and those of their children, but have evidently suffered severely from fright. With them, as with everyone elss resident at Cheviot, it seems absolutely miraculous that go Hittle injury to life and limb has been sustained by the settlers* Had the earthquake occurred at night the fatalities from falling debris or burning buildings, occasioned by overturned lamps, must have been great.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7258, 20 November 1901, Page 3
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