TERRACES DESTROYED.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19909, 11 June 1936, Page 12

TERRACES DESTROYED.

EYE-WITNESS'S OPINION. ‘ PINK FRAGMENTS FOUND. t _..- t The opinion that the pink and white! terraces were not cuvered by that 't‘urawera eruption was expressed DV" Mr James Bruwntic, an inmate of the‘ 0141 Men‘s Home at the \\‘aikato 110:5 pitut. who witnessed the erupti’ou, ML years ago. Mr Browntio stated to .1 Times reporter that he Viewed the eruption from the hills at the back of 'l‘aln‘anga. He was a member 01' a survey party or eight men. and they \\m‘c aslovp ut the time. They were awakened by the t‘uxt earth tremors} ‘and when ”1P t‘n'r‘ from the eruption was first seen thr," “err. naturally titled With four. “It was an a\\'u« insptr‘mz stxht.” said Mr Bronnlic,

"and huge balls or fire were hurled! towards the sky." ' I Mr Brownlie gccompanled an Eng-. iish photographer who spent a com; siderahle time in the region after the‘ eruption. Mr Brownltc's reason fur. believing that the terraces \\'(‘l‘l‘ dr—' strayed is based on the fact that m the course of his many trips arouml‘ the regions affected by the eruption; he found many fragments of pink: rock. This has Ird him to believe! that the pink terrace at least \\'Llil hlown to News by the: upheaval. Contrary to opinions expressed by others who saw the upheaval, .\lr Brownlin stated that there were 11-J shorts of fire \islhle, but that thorvl were lnyrialls of ttrohalls srl'nl hurled into the sky. He found manyi tirchalls during his rxploratiuns annlt uls‘n found many slam-s or unusual! formation. 110 1m tlwmr spot-Inn-ns} in safe herring in ltuturua. hut the: i \\crc lort some )t'fll‘s later. 1'