The Napier Earthquake

 Napier and Hastings, Hawke's Bay. At least 256 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake

I think I will find out something interesting  

1. at 10.47 on Feb 3rd, 1931 

2. the official day toll was 256.161 in Napier,93 in hastings, and 2 Wairoa

3. In the botanical gardens and the racecourse in Napier

4. They were able to rebuild the houses In art Deco style, making it a tourist attrition 

5. 2 and a half minutes 

6. children were sent around NZ because there were no schools for them to go to and no houses for them to live in. Also, it wasn't safe with all the aftershocks. 

    - The veronica bell rings for 2 and a half minutes, the length of the quake 

-99yr Nola Manly was 9 when the quake struck- one boy got hit with a brick from a chimney 

- House chimneys fell down people had to live in tents 

- Eric Baggit was 2- he doesn't remember the quake but has seen the city be rebuilt

- The HMS Veronica helped the people in the city   

-Napier is on the east coast above wellington 

-there was a quake followed by fire 

-only 12 buildings didn't need to be demolished 

-cruises from Aukland had doctors on board to help 

-A temporary hospital was made

-HMS Veronica was able to help

-fire started in 2 pharmacies 

-1% of the population died  

-6% of the population was taken out of the city, mostly women and children were sent south 

- people lived in tents because they didn't feel safe in houses 

-the water stopped an hour later after the quake 

-took weeks for the sewage to be going again 

-the highway was built on a mudflat and so the road was destroyed 

-the railways to wellington were going two days after 

-the navy helped clean up after 

-demolished building , supplied food and water 

- the nurse home collapsed and many night nurses were killed