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Christchurch Sept 4th Earthquake
A photograph of a car parked in a driveway. The car has been crushed by a collapsed brick wall.
A photograph of a crushed car outside Bismarck House at 140 Lichfield Street. Bricks from the building have crumbled from the top storey, landing on the roof of the car and crushing it.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets
A photograph of a crushed car outside Bismarck House at 140 Lichfield Street taken from behind a wire fence. Bricks from the building have crumbled from the top storey, landing on the roof of the car and crushing it.
A photograph of a car, crushed by falling masonry, on Lichfield Street.
A photograph of a car, crushed by falling masonry, on Lichfield Street.
A photograph of a van from the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church. The van has been crushed by fallen bricks.
A photograph of a van from the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church. The van has been crushed by fallen bricks.
A photograph of the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The bricks have crumbled from the gable, exposing the wooden structure underneath and crushing a van.
A photograph of the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The bricks have crumbled from the gable, exposing the wooden structure underneath and crushing a van.
Damage to a commercial building. The brick parapets have collapsed, crushing the awning below.
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A photograph of a clothing bin crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
Damage to a row of shops on Barbadoes Street. The brick facades have collapsed, crushing the awnings.
A crushed car on Lichfield Street. Bricks from the above building fell during the quake onto the parked car. Fortunately, nobody was inside.
Damage to a row of shops on Barbadoes Street. The brick facades have collapsed, crushing the awnings. The building is cordoned off with road cones and police tape.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Adrian Henning, vice president of the Union Rowing Club, in their destroyed Kerrs Reach clubrooms, with a crushed boat that Ryan Nelsen sponsored, following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Adrian Henning, vice president of the Union Rowing Club, in their destroyed Kerrs Reach clubrooms, with a crushed boat that Ryan Nelsen sponsored, following Canterbury's earthquake".
Two taxi drivers have spoken out for the first time about their brush with death when they narrowly escaped falling rubble during the Canterbury Earthquake.
Reasons why it pays not to be a smoker - if the quake had hit during opening hours there would have been probably half a dozen smokers underneath the black awning crushed by falling bricks.
A building on Lichfield Street next to Poplar Lane. The top of the building crumbled onto the street during the 4 September earthquake, crushing a car. The inner walls are now visible on the top storey.