1929 Murchison Earthquake : Damage in Greymouth. - ALBUM -

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DescriptionAndrew Johnson
Dad was working at Becks at the time , he said there was a hell of a mess in the store and I remember reading an account of some guys who were out in the mountains and they ended up lying on the ground with their fingers stuffed in their ears as the noise of the rockfall all around was so deafeningDate of Photo1929Map^[1]Contributor Paul Tregurtha

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Location (city or town)GreymouthEventMurchison earthquake 1929

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Date Created23rd May 2021CommentsPauleen Knowles - My brother Garry Nankivell was born on that day in 1929!!!

Nola Gallacher - My Dad, Pat Gallacher was down the Millerton mine when the earthquake hit. He grabbed the pit pony's tail and ran like hell to the mine entrance.

Malcolm Gollan - The man standing in the crack in front of the houses in Blaketown is apparently Edward (Ted) Mosley. His mother Mary Hannah Mosley lived in Blaketown.

Andrew Johnson
Dad was working at Becks at the time , he said there was a hell of a mess in the store and I remember reading an account of some guys who were out in the mountains and they ended up lying on the ground with their fingers stuffed in their ears as the noise of the rockfall all around was so deafening

John O'Brien
My mother and the other children at St Patrick’s school were sent out to the playground. She vividly remembered seeing the Catholic Church steeple swinging back and forward during the quake

Susan Shanahan
John O'Brien You know heaps of stuff.

Geoff More
Granddad Broad was the baker at Hodgsons dairy the huge woodfired oven obviously survived, although oven getting torn down now.

Linda Chapman
My mother was living in Denniston at the time she was aged 9 yrs old.

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