Before and After – Photographs Taken in Hastings, NZ, Showing Effect of the Earthquake of February 3rd, 1931

Before and After

Photographs taken in Hastings, New Zealand showing effect of the Earthquake of February 3rd, 1931.

H.J. Lovell-Smith, Photographer, Hastings

Printed by Lovell-Smith & Venner Ltd., Christchurch, N.Z.

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GRAND HOTEL.   Hastings

After the Quake, before the Fire

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POST OFFICE, Hastings,   BEFORE

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POST OFFICE, Hastings   AFTER

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HERETAUNGA STREET, Hastings   BEFORE

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HERETAUNGA STREET, Hastings  AFTER

Taken about two chains further back that the first picture

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HERETAUNGA STREET, Looking East.   Grand Hotel on left.   As it was.   A typical scene at midday

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HERETAUNGA STREET, Looking towards Havelock from the Railway Crossing.   As it is to-day

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QUEEN STREET, Hastings   BEFORE

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QUEEN STREET, Hastings   AFTER

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NURSES HOME, The Hospital, Napier   BEFORE

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NURSES HOME, Napier   AFTER

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THE COSY THEATRE, Heretaunga Street, Hastings   BEFORE

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THE COSY THEATRE, Heretaunga Street. Hastings   AFTER

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METHODIST CHURCH, Hastings,   BEFORE

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METHODIST CHURCH, Hastings   AFTER

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BAND ROTUNDA, Queens Square, Hastings