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Hawke's Bay earthquake images

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Collapsed band rotunda in Napier after the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931. Image from the photo album of Captain James (Jumbo) Rowe.

See other earthquake images from the album, including the original captions:

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Click on any thumbnail to see enlarged versions.

Read more about the Hawke's Bay earthquake on NZHistory and Te Ara.

See also 1965 film, The Hawke's Bay Disaster (Archives NZ).

Images copyright Graeme Scott whose grandfather Captain James Lawrence Oliphant Rowe owned the photo album.

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