Earthquake fires, Napier
Production date
1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The postcard photograph image is a wide view of fires in Napier town and at Port Ahuriri, with Scinde Island (Bluff Hill) in the middle, following the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931. The ship at anchor later helped transport residents brought out by tug and lighter and took them to Wellington.
Production date
1931
Production place
Production period
Media/Materials description
Black and white photo postcard
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 83 x 128mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 11
Credit Line
gifted by Mr H V Chapman
Other number(s)
11, m72/3, 95277
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