A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street and Chester Street East corner".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street and Chester Street East corner".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street and Chester Street East corner".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".
Rubble in front of a two-storey house on Peterborough Street, the brick side wall of which has fallen away, exposing the rooms inside. Further rubble from a neighbouring house lies in the foreground.
Damage to a wooden house at the top of a cliff.
A digger loads the final remains of an old wooden house in Christchurch into a truck.
A two-storey wooden house on Montreal Street.
A photograph of bricks and wooden framing piled up in between a house and fence in Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Significant lean on this wooden building".
Flooding and liquefaction surround a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls of the house, exposing the wooden framework beneath.
A photograph of wooden planks from the house at 116 Centaurus Road.
Large cracks run through the brick cladding of this house in Wainoni. The photographer comments, "During the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch the land which ran alongside the Avon river on Avonside Drive slumped towards the waterway. Houses which were wooden framed and had an external brick veneer started to sink into the liquefied soil. This caused the brick walls to crack, but the houses' occupants though shook up were saved by the wooden framework from the houses collapsing on them".
A wooden house in Wainoni has visibly bowed inwards towards its centre. The photographer comments, "During the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch the land which ran alongside the Avon river on Avonside Drive slumped towards the waterway. In a line parallel to the road the road, but around 20m away a ground movement occurred which caused some houses to rise up or sink down".
Damage to Wharetiki House. Wooden beams are all that remain of the roof.
Damage to a residential house. A relatively intact wall is being supported with wooden bracing.
Damage to Beaufort House on Latimer Square. A partially intact wall is protected with wooden braces.
A large wooden house red-stickered after the earthquakes. Safety fencing and warning tape blocks off the driveway.
Detail of damage to Beaufort House on Latimer Square. Wooden braces are used to support the walls.
Detail of damage to Beaufort House on Latimer Square. Wooden braces are used to support the walls.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls, exposing the wooden framing beneath.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls, exposing the wooden framing beneath. Power lines between the house and a power pole have been stretched taut. The photographer comments, "The house and power pole have moved, stretching power lines taut as a guitar string".
A house with wooden bracing supporting the front wall. On the fence are tape and spray painted USAR codes.
A spray-painted message on a wall of Englefield Lodge reads "We will try to save this house." Wooden bracing supports the wall. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Englefield, Christchurch's oldest house in Fitzgerald Ave".
Damage to a property where the brick wall has crumbled, revealing the internal wooden structure and the inside of the house.
A photograph of emergency management personnel standing next to an earthquake-damaged house. The wall on the left side of the house has collapsed and the bricks have spilled into the driveway in front. Wooden bracing has been placed in between the house and the fence, with wires connecting the top of the bracing to the peak of the roof.
Cracks in the concrete foundation and wooden walls of a house on Avonside Drive. The photograph shows where the metal frame of the house's conservatory has come apart, and shards of glass from it can be seen on the footpath.
