Our neighbours, Laura and Robbie, were unlucky enough to have their chimney fall into the roof rather than off the house.
Laura Young and I tying down tarps over the hole in the roof. We did what we could to tie it down with tension and weigh it down with bricks tied to the tarps. Why? Because gale-force winds are predicted for tomorrow (Sunday) and rain on Tuesday.
File Reference: CCL-CE-2013-09-30-EQNZ-2010.JPG Photo taken by G. Coster From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
This restaurant used to do bookings for large groups only and you all had to pick and wear funny hats from hooks around the walls.
The side wall of the building on the left collapsed onto their roof, collapsing it into the stonemasons store. Several gravestones were also damaged!
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City) NZ. Damage to bridge on Spencerville Road crossing the Lower Styx river.
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Havent really posted any of my images of the quake damage was taking a look through tonight and came across this which i quite enjoyed.
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This one was really flowing out of the ground.
Colombo Street closed off south of Moorhouse Ave, due to a damaged shop now deemed unstable; aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
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This shop on Riccarton Road was badly damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010, and had to be demolished.
The quake-damaged facade of the Baptist Church at the Kilmore Street / Madras Street intersection being propped up while repairs are in progress.
Time stands still on the Science Museum clock tower as a poignant reminder of the moment the trembler struck Christchurch in the early hours of Saturday 4 September 2010.
This building on Lichfield Street lost the top floor of its facade during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Damaged shops at the Manchester Street / Tuam Street corner; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Police road block on Colombo Street; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010. Note the unusually deserted streets on a Tuesday afternoon.
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The quake-damaged facade of the Baptist Church at the Kilmore Street / Madras Street intersection being propped up while repairs are in progress.