WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 175

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A photograph of cracks in the front of St Elmo Courts. The cracks have formed between the windows both horizontally and vertically.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 176

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to St Elmo Courts on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets. There are large cracks in the building's façade. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the windows. Police tape has been draped around the building as a cordon.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 185

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing on the bank of the Avon River. In the background are the remains of the collapsed PGC Building. An excavator is on top of these remains, working to clear them away.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 184

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing on the bank of the Avon River. In the background are the remains of the collapsed PGC Building. An excavator is on top of these remains, working to clear them away.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 180

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A photograph of cracks in the back of St Elmo Courts. The cracks have formed between the windows both horizontally and vertically. Scaffolding has been constructed on the side nearest the street.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 181

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A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building shot from Oxford Terrace, across the river. In the foreground is the Edmonds Band Rotunda.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 178

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A photograph of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 179

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A photograph of a car parked off Montreal Street which has been crushed by bricks falling from an earthquake-damaged building.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 183

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A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building on Cambridge Terrace. Emergency management personnel are hanging above the building in a crane-raised platform. An excavator is sitting on the rubble and a tent has been pitched in the foreground.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 188

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining a crack in St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal Street and Hereford Street.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 200

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office entering the foyer of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Debris from above is scattered over the floor around them.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 202

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A photograph of the entrance of the Crowne Plaza Hotel taken from inside the hotel. The front windows have smashed, the glass scattering across the courtyard and foyer. Sections of the ceiling have collapsed, the panels fallen onto the floor in front of the rotating doors.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 193

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 195

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Sections of the ceiling and plaster dust have fallen onto the ground and there is a large crack in the wall to the right.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 196

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A photograph of a cabinet which has toppled on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The ground and furniture is also covered in plaster from above.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 197

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A photograph of a seating area on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Dust and other debris is scattered across the carpet. A plate has fallen off the table and broken on the floor.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 198

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a section of the ceiling of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 191

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A photograph of a large crack in between two windows of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal and Hereford Street.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 192

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 201

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office entering the foyer of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Debris from above is scattered over the floor around them.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 218

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A photograph of emergency management personnel inspecting the earthquake damage to a concrete beam inside a building. The concrete near the bottom of the beam has crumbled and the steel reinforcement inside is now exposed.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 219

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A photograph of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre on the corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets. Large sections of the wall have collapsed, the bricks spilling onto the footpath below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon. Scaffolding has been erected up the side of the building to the left.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 209

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Kilmore Street near the intersection with Durham Street. To the left "no go" has been spray-painted on the Copthorne Hotel. A red sticker has been placed above this, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 217

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A photograph of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets. Masonry and other rubble is sitting on the footpath in front. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 216

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining earthquake damage on the outside of the Copthorne Hotel. A section of the outer wall has broken away, and pieces are scattered onto the footpath below.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 206

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A photograph of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. Some of the windows have broken, and the curtains are blowing in the breeze. Emergency tape has been draped over the handrails and the traffic lights.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 207

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A photograph of several broken windows in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. A lamp is hanging out of the bottom window.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 210

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A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 212

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a beam inside the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. A section of the concrete beam has crumbled to reveal the steel reinforcement underneath.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 211

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A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water. To the left there is damage to one of the concrete beams. A section of the concrete has crumbled, exposing the steel reinforcement underneath.