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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Oxford Terrace Baptist Church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Oxford Terrace Baptist Church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Oxford Terrace Baptist Church".
Old churches and earthquakes do not mix well.
Egyptian and Ethiopian families attend the damaged church
Damage to the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Latimer Square church".
The St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston was cordoned off due to damage suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston was cordoned off due to damage suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010 broke the tip of the spire of the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. The church tower is seen with the damaged spire tops removed".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. Vicar Indrea Alexander looks up at the damaged church tower spires".
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The damaged Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, supported by steel bracing.
The damaged Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, supported by steel bracing.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Holy Trinity Church on Winchester Street in Lyttelton. The crack in the interior wall of the church by stained glass window will cost at least one million to repair".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. Damaged spire-tops lie on the ground after being removed from the church tower".
Damage to the facade of a church in the central city.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury earthquake. St Johns church in Hororata".
Stones fallen from St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square.
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St Pauls Church Dallington after the September earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
Roof of a church protected with a tarpaulin in the central city.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Rev. Neil Struthers, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
The quake-damaged facade of the Baptist Church at the Kilmore Street / Madras Street intersection being propped up while repairs are in progress.