Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand Volume 21 - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...Hokitika.--Chimneys were thrown down in the Odd Fellows' Hall and Police Camp, and several others were cracked. There was no sea-wave. The conclusions that may be drawn from this statement of facts are--(1) that, except in the neighbourhood of the centre of impulse, tne only damage was to buildings put up with bad mortar, or faulty in construction; (2) that cob stands the shock better than brick or stone with bad mortar; and (3) that houses on alluvial gravels, &c., suffered more, pari passu, than those on solid rock. Other points connected with this part of the subject will be considered further on. Fissures, Landslips, Etc. These were formed chiefly in the valleys of the Hope and Waiau-ua Eivers. On the Hanmer Eiver there were a few small cracks near the edge of the terraces, and a few others on an island in the bed of the Percival: all these appear to have been filled up again before November. Small landslips occurred in the cutting leading to the bridge over the Waiauua, and two larger ones at the approach to the ferry. Up the Waiau-ua no fissures are reported until opposite the Grantham Eiver, where there are some cracks 4in. or 5in. wide. From here, along the south side of the river, they get more and more abundant to Hopefield and Glynn Wye, but were seldom more than a foot in breadth, the larger ones being generally near the river. On the flat of Shingle Creek there were several fissures 4in. to 6in. wide. A large fissure was reported at the back of the house at Hopefield, and two circular holes about 4ft. in diameter and several feet deep are said to have been formed near Glynn Wye. Near this place fissures were very numerous in the terraces, some being more than a foot wide. Up the Hope they were still larger, some being more than 2ft. broad a...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130357287
- ISBN 13 9781130357288
- BindingPaperback
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