Historic HB: Masonic Hotel barmen perish in quake
14 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Sailors look for bodies in the ruins of Napier s Masonic Hotel in February 1931 . Photo / Supplied
Sailors look for bodies in the ruins of Napier s Masonic Hotel in February 1931 . Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Michael Fowler
One of Napier s most prominent buildings to succumb to the February 3, 1931, Hawke s Bay earthquake was the Masonic Hotel.
The photo shows sailors doing body recoveries at the Masonic Hotel.
One of the employees of the hotel, a barman, David Evans, died trying to escape the building.
A family story is told that his sister-in-law Gert Begley went with his son, Noel, about three days after the earthquake to try and find him. Sailors helped and located his body under the rubble.
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IZMIR, Turkey
Turkish prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 22 suspects over the destruction of buildings caused due to negligence in last year s earthquake in Turkey s western province of Izmir.
The warrants were issued after a preliminary report was released on the earthquake compiled by experts from the Dokuz Eylul University (DEU), the Istanbul Technical University and TUBITAK-Marmara Research Center.
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