- married William Murdoch McLeod (1883-1950) in 1908 * Chapman, Mary Hannah (nee Fraser) aged 70 - second cook at Napier Hospital - her address was 205 Southland Rd, Hastings .. inscription reads: * William Archibald Pollock, 7 years The total death toll was 256 and much of Napier’s CBD was destroyed by fires that began within minutes of the earthquake and rapidly swept through the city (Callaghan 1933, Thomas et al. In the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, Hawkes Bay Today reporter Matthew Wright looks back at the destruction of 1931. Young, Howard Vincent 'Lofty' aged 37 at Mohaka Railway Viaduct About 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings.These two neighbouring cities are often called "The Bay Cities" or "The Twin Cities" of New Zealand. MANGOS Leonard Joseph She was born Ivy Cantrill 1905 Thames Waikato, married in 1930 to William Scott. - Nellie was a pupil at the Sacred Heart School in Napier. - married Abel/Alec Corbett Ellis (1901-1963) in 1929 * he had a sister, Felicia Alice Marianne Evers-Swindell (1917-2001) - PLOT 235 - BLOCK D - remains not recovered after the fire. - PLOT 412 - BLOCK E at Hastings Cemetery HINDMARSH SheilaWestwood (Mrs) (née McLEOD) MURCOTT Doris Mabel (Miss) MACLEAN Dorothy (Miss) - of Warwick Road Hastings Recent. CAMBRIDGE: Olive Gwendoline: CAMERON: William: at Parke Island Old Men's Home: CANHAM: John Eugene: … Napier (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; Māori: Ahuriri) is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island.The population of Napier is about 62,800 as of June 2019. Foster, Frederick Lancelot aged 50 Seminarist - was given an earthquake victims grave 1890 - 1971 Edith Sarah MacLean ROSS John Alexander - PLOT 696 - BLOCK D at Hastings Cemetery Carmody, Vincent de Paul, Seminarist of Wanganui aged 19 FARMERY Gladys Lilian (Miss) He was taken by the Navy to Wellington Hospital where he died and was buried at Karori Cemetery (Wellington) on the 6 March 1931. - c/o Beck's Pharmacy Hastings aged 21 Shirley, John Stanley 'Jack' aged 21 of Napier * Smith, Ellen aged 75 at Roaches He was also the first bandmaster in the town. Buildings swayed violently and their walls bulged and collapsed into the streets in avalanches of brick and masonry that crushed vehicles and people. LAMBERT Beatrice Elizabeth (Mrs) (née ALLEN) - possible daughter of William Henry DALLISON & Olive Eleanor GASCOIGNE Hennessey, Master Seminarist of Greymouth - no records found Berry, Myra George (nee BARTLETT) aged 28 The coroner recorded on her death certificate that death had occurred through collapse of a building caused by an earthquake of great severity. NOTE The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, occurred in New Zealand at 10:47 am on 3 February, killing 256, injuring thousands and devastating the Hawke's Bay region. - 8th of 9 known children of John TONKIN * Martha DELLOW JONES Ernest Cecil - of Taradale, 15km N of Hastings HORSLEY Constance Emily (Mrs) (née CLARKE) JEFFARES Elizabeth (Mrs) (née O'Hara) Cockerill, Mrs Emma Clara aged 78 DALLISON Eleanor (Miss) * Wood, Sybil FLorence aged 25 - of 822 Karamu Road Napier * Rhodes, Lloyd aged 15 Orr, Doris Evelyn agd 21 at Roaches Building, Hastings - son of Louis 'Lou' (1870-1931) & Florence Louisa (1881-1966) Freedman/ Father Louis died 3 months later, on 7 May 1931 BROWN Raymond Kenneth Broburg (Ray) KITCHING Thomas Henry - married Colin KIRKPATRICK (1878-1964) in 1907. Jenkins, Lily aged 15 - daughter of James & Mary Jenkins who immigrated from Scotland - married Ada TOMKINS in 1901 CUDDIHY Michael Turner, (Mrs) Leona 'Lena' aged 36 found in Karamu Road - inmate of Park Island Old Men's Home, Napier - married Walter Barrett - daughter of Percy BRANDON-JONES (1882-1920) of Swansea, Wales & Ethel Elizabeth ? - married Donald Fancis 'Frank' McLeod of Woodlands, Southland Rd, Hastings in 1910 WALKER Walter Zealand He may not have been a victim but a number of people did die weeks later from injuries so have left him here until further info comes to hand IDENTIFIATION 4 1.1. - a widow, a patient in hospital - a son of Harold Hole HOOPER & Annie GRAY (married 1914) LUNN Walter George - son of Ethel above Explosives were used to make a hole in the cemetery big enough to inter 54 coffins in the first burial service. Williams, Kaye aged ? Hooper, Brian aged 2 of Hastings BARTLETT Mary Hodge (Mrs) (née CALDOW) * MacLean, Dorothy aged 42 WATSON Andrew Smith, Christina aged 38 Nuttall, Elsie Ella aged 19 PLANK George - from the Technical School Frederick Hornby - married Francis Ethel MEADS in 1915 - he was given an Earthquake Victims Grave Farmery, Gladys Lilian, (Miss) aged 21 of Hastings - born at Ormond, Poverty Bay - married Catherine MEYERS in 1918 (possible 2nd marriage) - plot purchased by Margaret Drummond At the age of 93 he was injured in the (Napier) earthquake and dragged out of a building. - married Thomas BARRY in 1891, their children were: BROWN Gilbert Fire broke out shortly after in the townships of Napier and Hastings destroying what the earthquake had not. McKEE Mary May (Molly) (Miss) NUTTALL Elsie Ella (Miss) Menzies, Myra Evelyn aged 26 Poverty Bay Herald, 12 March 1931 One of the early residents of Hawke's Bay, Mr Henry Skelton of Taradale, died at the Wellington Hospital last week. * Davidson, John Stewart aged 44 - married Elizabeth Louise ? As buildings began to disintegrate many people fled outdoors into a lethal rain of chunks from ornate facades, parapets and cornices. The effects of the earthquake were greatest in the towns of Napier and Hastings, but other towns in the Hawke’s Bay also suffered major damage. REID George McENERY Ellen Margaret (Nellie) Miss HAYNES Jane (Mrs) POINTON Edwin (Ted) Isabel Edith (1900-1983 married Ray Rollo BUDDO in 1925) - in the Community Grave at Park Island Winifred Patti (1899-1973 married Alfred Edward WALKER in 1920) Raymond (1900-1977) Ladis Maney (1904-1981 married Bertram George SPOONER in 1927) - inmate of Parke Island Old Men's Home, Napier The city of Napier, situated on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, has good reason to remember the great service that the Navy gave to it when disaster struck the city in the form of a severe earthquake on the 3rd February 1931. - PLOT 674 - BLOCK D at Hastings with his parents - plot purchased by his father Thomas 'George' Sydney Shackelford (his mother was May) I can't find a mention of any death certificate anywhere. NAPIER John Thomas 256 people died in the quake or its aftermath. - sister of Albert Edward, Reginald Frederick and Dorothy Mabel Wood * Walker, Alexander Graham aged 50 Storeman, taken to his home DENNETT Herbert Arthur - only child of Thomas (1883-1969) & 'Bessie' DIMOND .. inscription reads: - plot purchased by Mrs C. L. Russ ELLISON Stanley George Steer, Mabel Annie aged 22 of 801 East Aubyn Street Hastings Dimond, Thomas Henry 'Harry' aged 20 McMILLAN Irvine Harold Allegedly, another staff member then said to Gwen, "What about the money in the till?". * Greatbatch, Thomas 'Eli' aged 60 of Napier - plot purchaser was Mrs Henry Brooker O'MALLEY Rita Gwendoline (Mrs) (née MATTHEWS) - plot purchased by Michael BEGLEY Fredsberg, Rex Ernest aged 13 of Hastings Philip Arthur - plot purchased by her father Cornelius O'Neill (mother was Bridget Twomey) Ogden, Henry aged 35 - purchaser of both plots was Thomas Cleary CRADOCK Christina (Mrs) (née GRANT) DIMOND Thomas Henry Ogilvie, Bertram Verdun aged 14 - of Caroline Road Hastings We arrived at the little township of Taradale and here it seemed that the earthquake had been just as bad as in Napier. DUNN Mary Elizabeth (Mrs) (née DEVLIN) - PLOT 709 - BLOCK D White, William aged ? The Napier earthquake, which struck 86 years ago next weekend, killed 256 people. - PLOT 198 K - CH ENG2 SECTION at Karori Cemetery, Wellington - daughter of Archibald & Alicia Bryson - PLOT 684 - BLOCK D with his sister Ellen Gladys Russ (1917-2004) Williams, Lydia Catherine 'Kate' (Miss) aged 89 McARTHUR Frederick Campbell - killed when a building collapsed on her - inmate of Parke Island Old Men's Home, Napier * Johnson, Jack William aged 18 To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die Sydney Francis Boyd (1887-1947) married Jessie IRVING 1921 * Early List (5th Feb) - plot purchaser was her father Kenneth Joseph Harris JENKINS Lily (Miss) HAXTON Sabina May (Miss) STEWART Daniel McLEOD Edith Mary (Mrs) (née HORRELL) - married Mary/May Lydia Caroline WAKELIN in 1900 On Tuesday morning, 3 February 1931, at 10.47 a.m., the ground in the Hawke’s Bay… 1897 - 1982 Christopher Nelson MacLean Centred 15 km north of Napier, it lasted for two and a half minutes and had a magnitude of 7.8 Ms (7.7 Mw). - daughter of James BURGESS & Ellen/Helen WILSON Bodey Anthony ANISY - PLOT 676 - BLOCK D at Hastings cemetery Hadfield@adam.com.au, A W D Evers-Swindell In Napier, the recently built Nurses Home collapsed, killing clerical staff and off-duty nurses who were sleeping. FREDSBERG Rex Ernest - daughter of James ALLAN & Ethel Linda ROWE SPENCE Shona Eileen (Miss) KITSON Dennis Francis Rood, Phyllis Mary aged 21 It relates to STEPHENSON and STEVANSON and seems there has been some mixing of the original information. - Daughter of James and Mary Jenkins who immigrated from Scotland MACLENNAN John Roderick (Roy) - PLOT 721 - BLOCK D at Hastings cemetery * Bennett, Mary Leah (Miss) of Napier aged 17 ALLOWAY Ivy Patricia (Miss) - at Roman Catholic Seminary, Greenmeadows Bartle, William Morley aged 61, Hastings - PLOT 248 - BLOCK C at Hastings cemetery MAYE Thomas John STEPHENSON George Gabriel - PLOT 4 - BLOCK L at Hastings cemetery - listed as dead but buried for 3 days, when rescued he saw his name in the obituary of the local paper. WATSON John Henry - plot purchased by her mother Christina Scott (father was Andrew Scott) THE NAPIER EARTHQUAKE of 1931 with photos Napier 1931 Earthquake another list of names some with notes & bios. 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