List, Earthquake Survivor Stories

Maker
Swailes, Keith
Neal, Yvonne
Stuart, Valerie
Wood, Mavis
Russell, George
Wallace, Bill
Pottle, Nell
Stock, Audrey
Armstrong, Alma
Winkley, Rita
Scholfield, Doug
Gleeson, Jim

Object detail

Brief Description
A handwritten list of thirteen stories from survivor's of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

The stories list the name of the person who has related the story, and their age at the time of the earthquake. One story has no age listed and one of the Christian names listed is indecipherable, the surname being Miller.

On the first page, the stories are numbered 1 to 4. Subsequent stories are unnumbered. The stories featured are from Keith Swailes, Yvonne Neal, Valerie Evans, Mavis Wood, George Russell, Bill Wallace, Nell Pottle, Audrey Stock, Alma Armstrong, Lila Miller, Rita Winkley, Doug Scholfield and Jim Gleeson.
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten in blue ink on grey and white mottled paper.
Measurements
Height x Width: 295 x 210mm
Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Other number(s)
73493

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