Inagahua earthquake evacuees-refugees

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DescriptionEvacuated families from Inangahua at the Reefton Forestry Camp were given food and warmth from Reefton Women's Groups after the 1968 Earthquake. You can see the stressed look in their faces.

Second Photo:
Mrs R. Stuart, with three of her children, was the first of the evacuees to arrive at the Reefton Emergency Centre.

Third pic:
1968 Inangahua Earthquake. Evacuees Louise and Glenis Woolf selecting sock from donated clothing at the Reefton Relief Centre.Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1968 and 31st December 1968Map^[1]Contributor Geoffrey Bell

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Location (city or town)ReeftonPersonLouise WoolfR StuartGlenis WoolfEventInangahua EarthquakeStoryfeeding evacuees

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Linkhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?.....4772262826&type=3&theaterCommentsTony Ring I saw that same stressed look over here during the last 6 years.
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Anthea Keenan
Anthea Keenan Very scary times for all...
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Eunita Peterson
Eunita Peterson that's me,my mum,grandmother and my siblings. was a scary day but also bought the best out in people.help came from many sources and we were all well taken care of.
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Ian Schroder
Ian Schroder awesome kids great mum

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Maria Stevens
Maria Stevens Sue Coghlan Eleanor Williams Tom Bowe John Bowe Stephanie Stuart
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Cheryl Hutchison
Cheryl Hutchison Flo Flaherty greeted them when relocated to house at Hokitika Hospital. What a marvelous mother Nancy Stuart was.
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Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster That was my Aunty Flo an yes Nancy was a top lady
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Cheryl Hutchison
Cheryl Hutchison Flo was a special lady in my life.
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Sue Coghlan
Sue Coghlan She sure was an amazing mum. She had 10 of her 11 children at the time of this earthquake. Scary time for her counting heads in the dark.
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Jack N Pat Manderson
Jack N Pat Manderson Great friend of my step-mother, Mary Ogilvie. Hokitika.
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Sue Coghlan
Sue Coghlan Yes she was, she was a great lady Mary O. Much loved by our family.
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Ian Schroder
Ian Schroder lovely lady with an awesome family
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