Newspaper Article 2021 – Hawke’s Bay Earthquake 90 Years On

HAWKE’S BAY EARTHQUAKE – 90 YEARS ON

1931 quake: the full toll

A full list of those killed in the 1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake has been collated by Christine Clement. The Te Puke-based genealogist spent more than a year researching and attempting to compile a more accurate list of those who died as a direct result of the quake.

ALEXANDER, Thomas Wilson, 45, Mechanical Engineer, Pakipaki – Borthwicks Freezing Works, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

ALLAN, Sylvia Margaret (Miss), 16, Shop assistant, Hastings – Westerman’s Store, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

ALLOWAY, Ivy Patricia (Miss), 18, Drapers assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 09 Mar 1931

ANISEY, Bodey, 21, Student, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 05 Feb 1931

ARROWSMITH, Margaret (Mrs), 51, Married, Napier. Died Waipukurau Hospital, Waipukurau – Buried 07 Feb 1931

ASHWELL, Cecil George, 32, Porter, Napier – Clarendon Hotel, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

ASHWORTH, Ellen (Mrs), 37, Kitchen maid, Hastings – Grand Hotel, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 19 Mar 1931

ATKINSON, Thomas Henry, 43, Bootmaker, Napier – F Thorpe & Co, Hastings Street, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 15 Feb 1931

AVERILL, Ann/e Adele, 5, Napier, Havelock North – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BAKER, William Michael Hiatt, 23, Napier – Masonic Hotel – Listed as officially missing NZ Herald 20 Mar 1931 p13

BARRETT, Sarah Naomi (Mrs), 53, Married, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BARRY, Edith Maude Mary (Mrs), 61, Married, Napier – St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Old Napier

BARTLE, William Morley, 61, Painter, Hastings – Injured Cosy Theatre died Racecourse Hosp, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BARTLETT, Mary Hodge (Mrs), 48, Widow, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

BENNETT, Mary Leah (Miss), 17, Spinster, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BERRY, Myra George (Mrs), 28, Married, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

BICKERSTAFF, Louisa Maude (Mrs), 39, Married, Napier – Dr Moores Hospital, Marine Parade, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BISSON, Anna (Mrs), 45, Married, Napier – At her home Bluff Hill (with her unnamed washerwoman also killed?), Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BLACKBURN, Mary Ann (Mrs), 85, Widow, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BOHANE, Ellen (Mrs), 58, Widow, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

BOHANE, Kathleen, 16, Spinster, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

BONNOR, Alfred John (Alf), 55, Labourer, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BOWEN, Frederick Edward, 46, Wool auctioneer, Napier. Died Maitland Private Hospital, Palmerston North, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North

BOYD, Frances Mary (Mrs), 69, Married, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BOYLE, Thomas John (Father), 39, Parish Priest, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 04 Feb 1931

BRACE, Herbert Henry, 45, Confectioner, Hastings – At his shop Karamu Road, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BRANDON, Mary Eileen, 20, Spinster, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BROOKER, Henry, 55, Freezing works employee, Paki Paki – Borthwicks Freezing Works, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BROWN, Gilbert, 92, Engineer (Rtd), Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BROWN, Raymond Kenneth, 21, Chemist, Hastings – Injured Becks Pharmacy. Died Racecourse Hospital Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

BRYSON, Jane, 66, Spinster, Napier – Blythe’s Drapery Shop verandah, Emerson St, Old Napier

BRYSON, Ruth, 54, Spinster, Napier – Blythe’s Drapery Shop verandah, Emerson St, Old Napier

BUCK, Marie Teresa (Mabel), 18, Shop assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – No burial details available

BURKIN, Stephen, 47, Boot repairer, Waipawa – Ruataniwha Street (In his shop), Waipawa – Buried 10 Jan 1933

BURROW, Clarice Margaret (Miss), 15, Spinster, Napier – Emerson Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

BUTLER, Gwendoline Ethel, 22, Cashier, Hastings – Griffiths Boot Shop, Heretuanga [Heretaunga] St, Hastings, Havelock North – Buried 05 Feb 1931

CAMBRIDGE, Olive Gwendoline (Miss), 18, Clerk, Hastings – Hector Jones Electrical Co, 812 Ferguson St (King St, Hastings), Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

CAMERON, William Ritchie, 46, Infirmary attendant, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

CANHAM, John Eugene, 3, Infant, Napier – Falling chimney at his home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

CARMODY, Vincent de Paul, 19, Student, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 04 Feb 1931

CARROLL, Laura, 56, Widow, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Sep 1936

CHITTENDEN, Clive Leonard, 5, Greenmeadows – At home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 17 Mar 1931

CLEARY, Gladys Alma (Miss), 24, Clerk, Hastings – Roulstons, Karamu Road, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

COCKERILL, Emma Clara (Mrs), 78, Widow, Hastings – Outside Cosy Theatre building, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

COLE, Ethel Rose (Mrs), 33, Married, Hastings – Outside Cosy Theatre building, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

COLE, Peter Henry, 3, Hastings – Outside Cosy Theatre building, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

COLE, William Edwin Francis (Billy), 4, Hastings – Outside Cosy Theatre building, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

COLEBOURNE, John Henry, 73, Company manager, Hastings – Williams and Kettle, Market Street, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

COLLINS, Mary, 66, Widow, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

COLTON, Edward, 62, Clerk, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

COOK, Thomas, 47, Butcher, Hastings – Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

COUPER, Phillipa Maud, 12, , Hastings – Marcelle Toilet Rooms, Heretaunga St, Havelock North – Buried 04 Feb 1931

CRAWFORD, John Herbert, 29, Clerk, Napier – Port Ahuriri, Havelock North – Buried 06 Feb 1931

CUDDIHY, Michael, 81, Hawker, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

DALLEY, Elizabeth Ann (Mrs), 27, Married, Napier, Karori, Wellington – Buried 10 Feb 1931

DALLISON, Eleanor (Miss), 20, Spinster, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Terrace End, Palmerston North – Buried 05 Feb 1931

DAVIDSON, John Stewart, 44, Motor Driver, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

DENNETT, George Frederick, 37, Barman, Napier – Provincial Hotel, Park Island, Napier – Buried 10 Feb 1931

DENNETT, Herbert Arthur, c60, Draper, Napier – Listed as officially missing 20 March 1931 NZ Herald p13, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

DEVONPORT, Alexander, 18, Student, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 05 Feb 1931

DEWES, Melita, 45, Clerical, Napier – Port Ahuriri – Union Steam Ship Company, Napier, Taradale – Buried 04 Feb 1931

DIMOND, Thomas Henry, 20, Barber, Hastings – O’Neills Barber Shop, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

DOOGAN, James, 22, Student, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 04 Feb 1931

DRUMMOND, Charles Gordon, 18, Mercer’s assistant, Hastings – R T Hardings Mercery Shop, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

DUNN, Aileen Frances, 7, Greenmeadows – Public School, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

DWYER, John, 86, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

DYER, Herbert (Bert), 58, Freezing work employee, Paki Paki – Borthwicks Freezing Works, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

ELLIS, Ada Mima (Mrs), 54, Second Cook, Napier – Napier Hospital – Cook, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

ELLIS, Olive Frances (Mrs), 27, Shop owner, Hastings – At her shop Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 06 Feb 1931

ELLISON, Stanley George, 40, Boot Importer, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

ELTRIDGE, Martha Ann (Mrs), 48, Married, Napier – 3 Lighthouse Road, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

EVANS, David, 38, Barman, Napier – Masonic Hotel, Hastings – Buried 06 Feb 1931

EVERS-SWINDELL, Arthur Wilfred Denys, 18, Storeman, Napier – Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Tennyson Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 12 Feb 1931

FARMERY, Gladys Lilian (Miss), 21, Shop assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings (unidentified), Hastings – No burial details available

FRASER, James Douglas, 35, Draper, Napier – McGruers Ltd, Emerson Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 11 Feb 1931

FREDSBERG, Rex Ernest, 13, Schoolboy, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 06 Feb 1931

FREEDMAN, Derek, 20, Clerk, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

FREW, Christina (Mrs), 53, , Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient. Died Waipukurau Hospital, Waipukurau – Buried 09 Feb 1931

GANNAWAY, Norman Baxter, 2, , Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 09 Feb 1931

GIGG, Albert James, 19, Storeman, Hastings – Peaches Garage, Karamu Road, Hastings – Buried 03 Feb 1931

GILHOOLY, Thomas, 34, Labourer, Paki Paki – Borthwicks Freezing Works, Hastings – Buried 09 Mar 1931

GILL, Thomas Henry, 50, Auctioneer, Hastings – Gills Auction Mart, Russell St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

GOLDFINCH, Leonard Henry, 39, Printer, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

GONDRINGER, Bernard Joseph (Father), 50, Parish Priest, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 05 Feb 1931

GOODALL, Albert Edward, 38, Signwriter, Hastings – near Grand Hotel, Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 06 Feb 1931

GOODALL, Annie May, 22, Spinster, Hastings – Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

GRAHAM, Raymond Stanley (Ray), 18, Grocer’s Assistant, Hastings – Russell Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

GRANT, Frederick James, 16, Student, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 09 Feb 1931

GRANT, Gordon Hill, 40, Chemist, Hastings – Died Raceource Hospital, Hastings from his shop Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 08 Feb 1931

GREATBATCH, Thomas Eli, 60, Clerk, Napier – Wellesley Road, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

GRUDNOFF, Nina (Miss), 18, Clerk, Hastings – Injured Roaches died Memorial Hosp Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

HANSEN, Edward, 80, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HARRIS, Doreen Myra, 4, , Eskdale – Died in ambulance between Hastings and Waipukurau from Eskdale, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HARRISON, Valentine Joseph (Val), 18, Printer, Napier – Found in doorway Daily Telegraph Office, Park Island, Napier – Buried 09 Feb 1931

HAWKINS, Reta, 2w, , Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings. Died at 511 Hastings Street, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HAXTON, Doris Emma, 28, Pastrycook, Hastings – At her shop Haxton’s Home Cookery, Heretaunga St (inside Cosy Theatre building), Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

HAXTON, Sabina May, 26, Pastrycook, Hastings – At her shop Haxton’s Home Cookery, Heretaunga St (inside Cosy Theatre building), Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

HAYNES, Jane, 53, Married, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HEATH, Clifford James Colvin, 16, Student, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HEIGHWAY, James Woodford, 34, Shop manager, Hastings – At his shop Lands and Heighway, Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HENDERSON, Anna May Morgan (Mrs), 58, Married, Napier – Hospital patient from Spencer Road, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 21 Oct 1935

HENEY, Cyril Herbert, 14, Drapers assistant, Hastings – Outside Westermans, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HINDMARSH, Sheila Westwood, 30, Housewife, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HOLLAND, Edward, 36, Stable Hand, Hastings – Ebbetts Blackmsith Shop, King Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

HONG, Young Nan, 29, Fruiterer, Hastings – Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HOOKINGS, Eliza Jane, 79, Married, Napier – Blythe’s Drapers, Emerson St, Taradale – Buried 08 Feb 1931

HOOPER, Brian, 2, , Hastings – Westermans Corner. Died Royston Hospital, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

HORSLEY, Constance Emily (Mrs), 33, Widow, Hastings – King Street [or Hector Jones Electrical Co, 812 Ferguson St], Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

HOULAHAN, Eleanor May, 30, Clerk, Hastings – Gills Auction Mart, Russell St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

HOWARD, Ernest Edward, 57, Market Gardener, Taradale – in street, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

HUNT, William James, 59, Labourer, Hastings – Injured Trades Hall. Died Waipukurau Hospital, Waipukurau – Buried 07 Feb 1931 [Re-interred Hastings]

INSULL, Marjory Helen Caroline, 22, Nurse, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Nurse, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

JEFFARES, Elizabeth, 74, Widow, Taradale – in own home, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

JENKINS, Lily, 15, Spinster, Hastings – Outside Post Office, Heretaunga Street, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

JENSEN, Agnes Mary (Mrs), 61, Married, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

JOHNSON, Crawford Benjamin, 44, Storeman, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

JOHNSON, Jack William, 18, Clerk, Napier – Port Ahuriri, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

Photo caption – In 1931, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay, killing 247 people and badly damaging or destroying buildings along the east coast.Photo / File

HAWKE’S BAY EARTHQUAKE – 90 YEARS ON

JOHNSON, William George, 42, Draper, Napier – McGruers Ltd, Emerson Street, Taradale – Buried 15 Feb 1931

JOHNSTONE, Bridget Mary (Mrs), 43, Wardsmaid, Napier – Napier Hospital – Wardsmaid Isolation Ward, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

JONES, Ernest Cecil, 47, Carpenter, Hastings – Public Library (rear of), Market Street, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

JONES, Grace (Miss), 19, Shop assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 21 Feb 1931

KEDDELL, Joan Grace, 20, Nurse, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Nurse, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

KELLY, Henrietta Lavinia, 60, Spinster, Napier – Masonic Hotel – Listed as officially missing NZ Herald 20 Mar 1931 p13,

KEY, Elsie Gertrude, 28, Spinster, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

KIRKPATRICK, Mary Ann (Mrs), 45, Confectioner, Hastings – At her shop Kirkpatrick Confectionery inside Cosy Theatre, Heretaunga St, Terrace End, Palmerston North – Buried 05 Feb 1931

KITCHING, Thomas Henry, 75, Machinist, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 11 Feb 1931

KITSON, Denis Francis, 8, Schoolboy, Greenmeadows – Public School, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

KNOTT, Geoffrey Cole, 16, Schoolboy, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street. Died Waipukurau Hospital, Waipukurau – Buried 15 Feb 1931

KYLE, Leo Alphonso, 35, Barman, Napier (Who with Joseph Henry McCARTHY going out of the hotel with the licensee – A/Star 12 Feb 1931), Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

LAMBERT, Beatrice Elizabeth (Mrs), 46, Shop assistant, Hastings – Hannahs Boot Shop, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 09 Feb 1931

LAUERSEN, Mary Bosworth (Mrs), 62, Married, Havelock North – Arataki Road from Napier, Havelock North – Buried 05 Feb 1931

LEANING, John England, 56, Bootmaker, Hastings – At his shop Leaning’s Boot Repair Shop, Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

LENIHAN, Mary Josephine (Mrs), 64, Married, Napier – 25 Wellesley Road, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

LEVERETT, Rose Eileen, 15, Schoolgirl, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

LEWIS, Percival Hope, 34, Clerk, Hastings – Nelsons Ltd, Market Street, Havelock North – Buried 05 Feb 1931

LINCOLN, Eric Charles, 21, Drapers assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – No burial details available

LOVE, William Charles, 52, Butcher, Paki Paki – Borthwicks Freezing Works, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

LUNN, Walter George, 31, Musician, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

MACDONALD, Ellen Frances (Mrs), 47, Toilet room proprietor, Hastings – Marcelle Toilet Rooms, Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

MACDONALD, John Spencer (Jock), 22, Hairdresser, Hastings – Marcelle Toilet Rooms (or McDonald’s Hairdressers) Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

MACLEAN, Dorothy (Miss), 42, Spinster, Napier – Hastings Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

MACLENNAN, John Roderick, 58, Sheep Farmer (Rtd), Hastings – Outside (Roaches Store?), King St, Havelock North – Buried 04 Feb 1931

MANGOS, Joseph Leonard, 18, Student, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 05 Feb 1931

MAY, Thomas John, 81, Weaver (Unemployed), Hastings – (Grand Hotel) Heretaunga Street, Hastings – No burial details available

McARTHUR, Frederick Campbell, 50, Telegraphist, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

McCARTHY, Joseph Henry, 36, Ironmonger, Napier (Who with Leo KYLE going out of the hotel with the licensee – A/Star 12 Feb 1931), Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

McENERY, Ellen Margaret, 36, Clerical (Typist), Napier – Listed as officially missing 20 Mar 1931 NZ Herald p13,

McKEE, Mary May, 22, Spinster, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient Isolation Ward, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

McKENZIE, John, 73, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

McLACHLAN, 1d, Napier – Nelson Crescent Nursing Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

McLEAN, Mary Hannah (May) (Miss), 57, Spinster, Napier, Havelock North – Buried 07 Feb 1931

McLEOD, Edith Mary (Mrs), 47, Married, Hastings – Public Library, Market Street, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

McLEOD, Mary Alice (Mrs), 45, Married, Hastings – Outside Robinsons Shop, Karamu Road, Hastings (or Robson’s Shop Cycle Import, Hastings), Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

McMILLAN, Irvine Harold, 13, Schoolboy, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Hastings – Buried 06 Feb 1931

MEEK, Thomas, 50, Manufacturing chemist, Napier – Port Ahuriri, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

MENZIES, Myra Evelyn, 26, Spinster, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

MITCHELL, Ruth, 53, Nurse, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Nurse, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

MORUNGA, Rama Maru, 49, Hastings – Outside Westermans, Heretaunga Street, Poss buried Paki Paki or Te Hauke Marae

MORUNGA, Tokatoroa Mareo, 7, Hastings – Outside Westermans, Heretaunga Street, Poss buried Paki Paki or Te Hauke Marae

MURCOTT, Doris Mabel, 26, Drapers assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

MURRAY, Dina Jane, 2, Hastings – Mena’s Ladies Outfitters, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

MURRAY, Mena Mary (Mrs), 36, Business owner, Hastings – Mena’s Ladies Outfitters, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

NAPIER, John Thomas, 70, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home. Died Waipukurau Hospital, Waipukurau – Buried 06 Feb 1931

NUTTALL, Elsie Ella, 19, Drapers assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

OGDEN, Henry, 35, Casual employee (Window cleaner), Napier – Napier Hospital – Casual employee, Park Island, Napier – Buried 21 Feb 1931

OGILVIE, Bertram Verdun, 14, Schoolboy, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

O’MALLEY, Rita Gwendoline (Mrs), 23, Married, Wairoa – Died Public Hospital from Campbell Street, Wairoa – Buried 05 Feb 1931

O’NEILL, Margaret Teresa (Miss), 36, Dressmaker, Hastings – Cosy Theatre Building, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

ORR, Doris Evelyn (Miss), 21, Shop assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

ORR, Susan, 41, Widow, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

OTTER, Alice Martha, 65, Widow, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient. Died Wellington Hospital subsequent to removal, Hastings – Buried 13 Feb 1931

PATMAN, Lucy Flora (Mrs), 49, Married, Napier – Died Waipukurau Hospital, Waipukurau – Buried 06 Mar 1931

PAUL, Patricia (Miss), 8, Schoolgirl, Taradale – Mrs Perry’s Racing Stables, Otatara Homestead, Omahiu – 06 Feb 1931

PEARSON, Kathleen Irene (Mrs), 29, Married, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

PLANK, George, 70, Engineer (Rtd), Napier – Napier Hospital – Gardener, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

POINTON, Edward Arthur [Edwin], 48, Wool Clerk, Napier – Port Ahuriri, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

POLLOCK, William Archibald (Billy), 8, Schoolboy, Greenmeadows – Public School, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

PUDDLE, Elizabeth (Mrs), 79, Widow, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

RAE, John, 72, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

RAFTER, Edward Ngaio, 20, Student, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

RATTRAY, Alexander, 65, Hotel Keeper, Hastings – Public Library, Market Street, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931/St Peters Church, Upper Riccarton

REDWOOD, Cecily Teresa Mary, 22, Spinster, Napier – near Haynes Butchery, Hastings St, Park Island, Napier – Buried 16 Feb 1931

REID, George, 42, Labourer, Napier – Died after injuries – at Dr Gilray’s hospital, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

RHODES, Lloyd, 15, Student, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

ROBERTSON, Raymond Claude, 14, Student, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Eskdale – Buried 05 Feb 1931

RODGERS, Helena, 57, Spinster, Hastings – Outside Majestic Theatre, Hastings, Park Island, Napier – Buried 27 Apr 1931

ROLLS, Grace Ella, 23, Shop assistant, Napier – Office Supply Co, Hastings Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

ROSS, John Alexander, 57, Hotel Proprietor, Hastings – Grand Hotel, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 09 Feb 1931

RUNDLE, Ethel Mary Galloway, 46, Married, Napier – Blythe’s Drapers, Emerson St, Taradale – Buried 08 Feb 1931

RUSS, Rodney Francis, 1, , Hastings – Russell Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

RYAN, Arthur Lever, 66, Journalist, Hastings – Post Office Lobby, Russell Street, Hastings – Buried 06 Feb 1931

RYAN, Thomas Michael, 26, Civil Servant, Napier – Officially listed as missing,

SAUNDERS, James, 71, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

SCHMOLL, Ernest George, 61, Bootmaker, Hastings – Died Racecourse Temporary Hospital from 230 Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 06 Feb 1931

SEWELL, Margarerite Viola, 31, Typiste, Napier – Loan and Mercantile Buildings, Hastings Street, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 16 Feb 1931

SHACKELFORD, Leonard William, 20, Hardware Assistant, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

SHIRLEY, John Stanley (Jack), 21, Clerk, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Clerk, Park Island, Napier – Buried 13 Feb 1931

SINDEN, Elizabeth (Eliza), 40, Widow, Napier – Napier Field Hospital, Greenmeadows, Park Island, Napier – Buried 03 Mar 1931

SKELTON, Minnie May, 42, Married, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

SKINNER, Charles, 84, Storekeeper, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

SMITH, Christina, 38, Housewife, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – No burial details available

SMITH, Ellen, 75, Widow, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

SMITH, Louis Ormond, 43, Wharfinger, Napier – Port Ahuriri, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

SPENCE, Shona Aileen, 7, Schoolgirl, Mahora – injured at Mahora School, died later at Royston Hospital, Hastings, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

STAINES, Winnifred Fena, 18, Nurse, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Nurse, Waipukurau – Buried 05 Feb 1931

STEAD, Irvine Thomas, 14, Student, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

STEER, Mabel Ann, 22, Shop assistant, Hastings – Wilson’s Shoe Shop, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

STEPHENSON, George Gabriel, 48, Motor salesman, Hastings – Outside Simsons Butchers Shop, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

STEVENS, John Ascot/t, 69, Brewer, Napier – Wellesley Road, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

STEVENSON, William Alexander, 29, Student, Greenmeadows – Roman Catholic Seminary, Taradale – Buried 05 Feb 1931

STEWART, Daniel, 71, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

STONE, Lucy Mildred, 21, Nurse, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Nurse, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

SYMES, George Oliver, 22, Plasterer, Hastings – Died Waipukurau Hospital, Hastings – Buried 07 Feb 1931

TAGGART, William Thomas Andrew, 28, Clerk, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Clerk, Park Island, Napier – Buried 13 Feb 1931

TAYLOR, Joyce Elizabeth, 16, Spinster, Napier – Died in Bestalls Buildings, Hastings Street (with Frank Webster, her uncle), Park Island, Napier – Buried 16 Feb 1931

THOMPSON, Frances Jane, 73, Widow, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

THOMPSON, Julia Carr (Ivy), 41, Spinster, Hastings – Outside Thompsons Butchers Shop, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

THORNE-GEORGE, Nance (Nance Thorne GEORGE), 24, Nurse, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Nurse, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

TONKIN, Horace John, 33, Draper, Hastings – Roachs Department Store, Heretaunga St, Hastings, Hastings – No burial details available

TRIPNEY, Annie Gordon Ogilvie, 30, Married, Napier – Napier Hospital, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

TRIPNEY, David, 6wks, , Napier – Napier Hospital, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

TURNER, Leona (Mrs), 36, Married, Hastings – Karamu Road, Hastings – Buried 05 Feb 1931

VENABLES, Stanley George, 16, Student, Napier – Napier Hospital – found in X-Ray Department, Park Island, Napier – Buried 10 Feb 1931

VERCOE, Richard Collins (Dick), 52, Coppersmith, Hastings – C Hills lorry outside Spencers Garage, Heretaunga St, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

VOICE, Ellen (Mrs), 33, Married, Napier – Napier Hospital – Patient Isolation Ward, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

WALKER, Alexander Graham, 50, Storeman, Napier – Port Ahuriri – NZ Shipping Co, Napier, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

WALKER, Herbert, 53, Bootmaker, Hastings – Injured at his shop Heretaunga Street (d Hastings Hosp – not on certificate), Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

WALKER, Samuel, 37, Porter, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Clerk, Park Island, Napier – Buried 09 Feb 1931

WALKER, Walter Zealand, 46, Engineer, Hastings – Power House, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

WALSH, Mary (Sister Ignatius), 24, Convent Nun, Greenmeadows – Convent School, Taradale – Buried 06 Feb 1931

WALSHE, Ada May, 53, Widow, Hastings – Listed as officially missing NZ Herald 20 Mar 1931 p13, Hastings – Buried 04 Feb 1931

WATSON, Andrew, 81, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

WATSON, John Henry, 82, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

WEBSTER, Francis Henry, 27, Draper, Napier – Hastings Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 18 Feb 1931

WELLS, Alice Mary (Molly), 17, Shop assistant, Hastings – Outside Cosy Theatre, Heretaunga Street, Hastings – Buried 10 Feb 1931

WELLS, Emily Elizabeth Edith, 59, Married woman, Napier – Blythe’s Drapers verandah, Emerson St, Park Island, Napier – Buried 06 Feb 1931

WHYTE, Patricia (Patsy), 8, Schoolgirl, Hastings – Marcelle Toilet Rooms (or McDonald’s Hairdressers) Heretaunga St, Havelock North – Buried 04 Feb 1931

WILLIAMS, Eileen, 21, Nurse, Napier – Napier Hospital Nurses Home Building – Nurse, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

WILLIAMS, Lydia Catherine (Kate), 89, Spinster, Napier – St John’s Anglican Cathedral. Died at Dr Gilray’s Temporary Hospital, Awatoto, Old Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

WILLIAMSON, Lorna Katherine, 32, Spinster, Napier – Williamson’s Tailors – died Napier Hospital from injuries received in 1944, Park Island, Napier – Buried 28 Oct 1944

WILLIAMSON, Reginald James Richard, 48, Tailor, Napier – Williamson’s Tailors, Park Island, Napier – Buried 07 Feb 1931

WILSON, Arthur, 66, Labourer, Napier – Park Island Home, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931

WOOD, Sybil Florence, 25, Music Teacher, Napier – Technical School, Munro Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 16 Feb 1931

WRIGHT, Percy, 55, Mercer/Draper, Napier – In the vicinity of the Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Tennyson Street, Park Island, Napier – Buried 16 Feb 1931

YING, Lim, 30, Fruiterer, Wairoa – Marine Parade, Wairoa – Buried 06 Feb 1931

YOUNG, Howard Vincent (Lofty), 37, Labourer, Mohaka – Railway Viaduct, Wairoa – Buried 06 Feb 1931

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, NR, c70, Napier – Died Racecourse Casualty Hospital, Park Island, Napier – Buried 05 Feb 1931