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Recalling the Hawke’s Bay earthquake

Recalling the Hawke’s Bay earthquake

Jean Martin was working as a housekeeper in Napier when the 1931 earthquake struck. She remembers the motion of the earthquake, and describes the scene outside. This photograph shows dramatic wreckage on a Napier road.

Sound file: Jean Martin, interview by Helen McConnochie for ‘Reflecting on disaster: memories of the Napier earthquake’, 1997–98 (1’29”–1’59”)

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Hawke's Bay Museum, Hawke's Bay Cultural Trust
Reference: 7473

Permission of the Hawke's Bay Museum, 65 Marine Parade, Napier, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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